Balance Reactions in a Virtual Environment With Avatar and/or Reinforced Visual Signal Compared to a Real Environment (EQUIVIRT2)

Pôle Saint Hélier

Status: Completed

Conditions: Healthy

Treatments: Other: Intervention C : virtual environment with avatar and reinforced visual signal; Other: Intervention B : virtual environment with reinforced visual signal; Other: Intervention D : real environment; Other: Intervention A : virtual environment with avatar

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05235581

2021-A01623-38

Details and patient eligibility

About

The scientific literature shows that there is a degradation of balance in virtual reality. This trial investigates the introduction of a full-body avatar and/or enhanced visual cues on the reduction of the degradation.

Enrollment: 74 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Healthy volunteer, men and women over 18 years old

Exclusion criteria

• Severe visual deficiency not allowing an activity in immersive virtual reality.
• Immobilization of one of the upper limbs (splint restraint splint)
• Orthopedic and painful problems of the inferior limb
• MSSQ greater than 25
• Pregnant woman
• Person under legal protection

Trial design

Primary purpose: Screening

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Sequential Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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74 participants in 4 patient groups

BCAD's arm

Experimental group

Description:

The 4 interventions are in the BCAD's order.

Treatment:

Other: Intervention A : virtual environment with avatar

Other: Intervention B : virtual environment with reinforced visual signal

Other: Intervention D : real environment

Other: Intervention C : virtual environment with avatar and reinforced visual signal

BACD's arm

Experimental group

Description:

The 4 interventions are in the BACD's order.

Treatment:

Other: Intervention A : virtual environment with avatar

Other: Intervention B : virtual environment with reinforced visual signal

Other: Intervention D : real environment

Other: Intervention C : virtual environment with avatar and reinforced visual signal

CABD's arm

Experimental group

Description:

The 4 interventions are in the CABD's order.

Treatment:

Other: Intervention A : virtual environment with avatar

Other: Intervention B : virtual environment with reinforced visual signal

Other: Intervention D : real environment

Other: Intervention C : virtual environment with avatar and reinforced visual signal

ACBD's arm

Experimental group

Description:

The 4 interventions are in the ACBD's order.

Treatment:

Other: Intervention A : virtual environment with avatar

Other: Intervention B : virtual environment with reinforced visual signal

Other: Intervention D : real environment

Other: Intervention C : virtual environment with avatar and reinforced visual signal