Dual-task Training Using Virtual Reality

NCT ID: NCT03577353

Last Updated: 2018-07-05

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 22 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2013-10-30
• Study Completion Date: 2017-11-26

Brief Summary

The purpose of the study was to investigate the feasibility of using a virtual reality- based dual task training of upper extremity tracking while treadmill-walking, to improve walking and balance performance in post stroke survivors

Conditions

Stroke

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: DOUBLE

Study Groups

experimental-DTW

The intervention of the experimental group was based on dual-task treadmill walking while using the Virtual Reality (VR) tool.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Dual Task Walking (DTW)

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Each training session began with 8 min of general warm-up and 2 min walk around the gym. Then, for safety reasons, the participants were attached to a harness. The participants began walking slowly on the treadmill for 3 min. In the following phases the participants walked at the same speed, while training with 3 VR games. Each session lasted 3 min, and 3 min of single walking was performed between VR sessions. After the final VR session, 2 min of single-task walking was performed in order to allow for recovery. The time walked in each trial from the starting point to the destination was kept constant at 20 min.

Control- TMW

The intervention of the control group was based on single-task treadmill walking.

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Single-task Treadmill Walking (TMW)

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

this intervention, participants performed 8 min of general warm-up and 2 min walk around the gym, and then continued to walk for another 20 min on the treadmill at a speed that was equivalent to the intensity of 60%-70% of their heart rate reserve.

Interventions

Dual Task Walking (DTW)

Each training session began with 8 min of general warm-up and 2 min walk around the gym. Then, for safety reasons, the participants were attached to a harness. The participants began walking slowly on the treadmill for 3 min. In the following phases the participants walked at the same speed, while training with 3 VR games. Each session lasted 3 min, and 3 min of single walking was performed between VR sessions. After the final VR session, 2 min of single-task walking was performed in order to allow for recovery. The time walked in each trial from the starting point to the destination was kept constant at 20 min.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Single-task Treadmill Walking (TMW)

this intervention, participants performed 8 min of general warm-up and 2 min walk around the gym, and then continued to walk for another 20 min on the treadmill at a speed that was equivalent to the intensity of 60%-70% of their heart rate reserve.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• With hemiplegia after a stroke for at least a year since the incident.
• Range age 40-80.
• Without medication or with stabilized medication.
• Use ankle-foot orthosis or no splint at all.

Exclusion Criteria

• Severe cardiac problems
• A score less than 25 in the Mini-Mental test.
• Fractures or severe orthopedic limitations that do not allow for training, and which have occurred over the last six months.
• More than three falls in the past year before participating in the study

• Minimum Eligible Age: 40 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 80 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Loewenstein Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Yeshayahu Hutzler, Ph.D.

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Graduate School Academic College at Wingate

Locations

The Academic College at Wingate

Netanya, , Israel

Countries

Israel

Other Identifiers

0001-13-LOE

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id