Using Immersive Virtual Reality for the Upper Limb Rehabilitation of Post-stroke Subjects: a Multicenter Randomized Control Trial

Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Device
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

Stroke produces brain damages that results in sensory, motor, and cognitive impairments which reduce the patient's quality of life and social participation. Upper limb recovery is a complex process whose goal is to allow the patients to gain, in part or completely, independence in daily living activities, for that it represents one of the most important rehabilitation focus. Virtual reality is a fairly recent approach able to simulate concrete movements and functional tasks in a higher dosage compared to other therapies. It seems that the use of VR could improve limb function, however, the amount of this gain is still unclear because of insufficient evidence. This study aims at quantitatively investigating the effectiveness of an HMD immersive virtual reality system on the upper limb functioning in subacute stroke survivors.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Maximum Age: 80
Healthy Volunteers: f
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• diagnosis of first, ischemic or hemorrhagic, stroke verified by brain imaging within 4 week

• upper limb motor impairment defined by an upper extremity score \<55 on the Fugl-Meyer Assessment

Locations
Other Locations
Italy
Ferrara University Hospital
RECRUITING
Ferrara
Contact Information
Primary
Sofia Straudi, MD, PhD
sofia.straudi@unife.it
+390532238720
Time Frame
Start Date: 2023-03-01
Estimated Completion Date: 2025-12-31
Participants
Target number of participants: 48
Treatments
Experimental: VR group
All participants will receive an hour of VR training 5 times/week for 4 weeks within the daily rehab routine.
No_intervention: Control group
Participants will receive the usual rehabilitation activities due to their clinical needs (physical therapy, speech therapy, etc) for 5 times/week over 4 weeks.
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Collaborators: Ospedale Accreditato Villa Bellombra, IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino Pulejo, Casa di Cura Città di Rovigo
Leads: University Hospital of Ferrara

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