Effects of Virtual Reality on Dual Task Performance

NCT ID: NCT03845855

Last Updated: 2024-02-28

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 30 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2019-02-20
• Study Completion Date: 2019-06-11

Brief Summary

This study evaluates the effects of virtual reality treatment in addition to robotic gait therapy on dual task performance, balance and gait in chronic stroke patients. Half of participants will attend virtual reality treatment in addition to robotic gait therapy for 12 sessions, while the other half will attend only robotic gait therapy for 12 sessions.

Detailed Description

Following stroke, motor disorders, balance disorders, falls, gait disturbances and cognitive disorders are frequently seen. In stroke rehabilitation, with the use of robots and virtual reality systems with conventional methods, it is aimed to increase patient's motivation, to check if exercise is effective, to provide objective evaluation data and to support the motor learning process and the use of these methods in the field of neurological rehabilitation is increasing.

Multi-task evaluations can be made with the virtual environments created by virtual reality applications and complex tasks.

The traditional approach to stroke rehabilitation is mainly focused on balance and gait training under single task conditions. In everyday life, people should not only have balance and mobility skills, but also have the ability to perform other cognitive and motor tasks with these skills. Therefore, traditional approaches are not sufficient for the individual to return to society after a stroke.

In this respect, this study was planned in order to examine the effects of frequently used virtual reality treatment in addition to robotic gait therapy on the dual task, balance and gait performance.

Conditions

Stroke

Study Design

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

Study Groups

Virtual reality with robotic gait

virtual reality treatment with robotic gait therapy 2 times for week by 6 weeks.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

virtual reality

Intervention Type: OTHER

Virtual reality with a game

robotic gait

Intervention Type: OTHER

robotic gait therapy

Robotic gait therapy only

only robotic gait therapy 2 times for week by 6 weeks

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

robotic gait

Intervention Type: OTHER

robotic gait therapy

Interventions

virtual reality

Virtual reality with a game

Intervention Type: OTHER

robotic gait

robotic gait therapy

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Volunteer to participate in the research
• Stroke for the first time
• To be able to walk independently before the disease
• To score 3 or above in the functional ambulation classification
• 6 months after stroke diagnosis
• Not having open wounds
• Severity of spasticity of the lower extremities to be 3 and below according to the Modified Asworth Scale
• To score 24 or more in the Mini Mental State Examination

Exclusion Criteria

• Acute internal problems, additional neurological diseases, or orthopedic problems that might limit walking
• To have received botulinum toxin treatment during 6 months before treatment or during treatment
• To have stroke on both sides
• To have neglect

• Minimum Eligible Age: 40 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 65 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Hacettepe University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Büşra Kayabınar

Lecturer

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Büşra Kayabınar, MSc

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Hacettepe University

Locations

Kozakli Fizik Tedavi Ve Rehabilitasyon Hastanesi

Nevşehir, Kozaklı, Turkey (Türkiye)

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Other Identifiers

2018.09.97

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id