The Effect of Virtual Reality Based Task Specific Exercises in Patients With Hand Flexor Tendon Injury

NCT ID: NCT06198582

Last Updated: 2024-01-10

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

52 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-06-01

Study Completion Date

2022-01-31

Brief Summary

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This study,the investigators aimed to investigate the effects of virtual reality-based task-specific exercises applied in addition to conventional rehabilitation program on functional level and disease-related quality of life in patients who underwent surgical repair due to flexor tendon damage due to traumatic hand injury.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Tendon Injury - Hand Flexor Tendon Rupture

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Virtual Reality Intervention Group

Consisted of patients who received a virtual reality-based task-specific exercise programme in addition to the early passive mobilisation programme

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Virtual Reality Exercises

Intervention Type OTHER

In addition to conventional treatment, patients in the study group underwent a virtual reality-based task-specific exercise program in a computer-based virtual reality station. Two different virtual reality games that fit the definition of task-specific exercise were selected for our study. In order for the patient to complete the task in the game, the patient was asked to extend the upper extremity and hand to touch the virtual object through the reflection on the screen and to first grasp the object in the virtual environment by making active flexion with all fingers and to move it from one place to another on a certain plane without disturbing the grasping posture of the hand. These virtual reality exercises selected in our study were practiced under the supervision of the researcher 3 days a week for 15 minutes each for a total of 4 weeks. These sessions consisted of three sets of 2.5 minutes each for each game, with 15-second breaks between sets.

Control Group

Consisted of patients who received the early passive mobilisation programme

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Virtual Reality Exercises

In addition to conventional treatment, patients in the study group underwent a virtual reality-based task-specific exercise program in a computer-based virtual reality station. Two different virtual reality games that fit the definition of task-specific exercise were selected for our study. In order for the patient to complete the task in the game, the patient was asked to extend the upper extremity and hand to touch the virtual object through the reflection on the screen and to first grasp the object in the virtual environment by making active flexion with all fingers and to move it from one place to another on a certain plane without disturbing the grasping posture of the hand. These virtual reality exercises selected in our study were practiced under the supervision of the researcher 3 days a week for 15 minutes each for a total of 4 weeks. These sessions consisted of three sets of 2.5 minutes each for each game, with 15-second breaks between sets.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Tendon repair operation due to flexor tendon injury in one hand
* Admission to the Traumatic Hand Rehabilitation Outpatient Clinic of Ankara City Hospital Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Hospital within the first postoperative week and enrolled in an early passive mobilization program
* Must be in the sixth post operative week

Exclusion Criteria

* Under 18 years of age
* Concomitant extensor tendon injury
* Having any accompanying orthopedic, neurologic, rheumatologic and vascular problems in the premorbid period
* Presence of cognitive deficit
* Presence of visual field deficit
* Presence of postural instability
* Presence of epilepsy and/or cyber disease
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Ankara City Hospital Bilkent

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Mert Karacay

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Resident

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Ankara Bilkent City Hospital

Ankara, , Turkey (Türkiye)

Site Status

Countries

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Turkey (Türkiye)

Other Identifiers

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263799996/75

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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