Domiciliary VR Rehabilitation

Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Status: Completed

Conditions: Stroke; Hemiparesis; Functional Independence; Movement Disorder

Treatments: Behavioral: Domiciliary VR-based motor rehabilitation; Behavioral: Domiciliary occupational therapy for motor rehabilitation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02699398

AAL-2008-1-1191

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether domiciliary VR-based telerehabilitation is superior than domiciliary occupational therapy for inducing functional gains, enhancing corticospinal excitability, and cortical reorganization.

Enrollment: 39 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 45 to 85 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Clinical diagnosis of Hemorrhagic or ischemic stroke
• Subject had the stroke more than 12 months ago.
• Subject presents mild-to-moderate upper-limbs hemiparesis (Proximal Medial Research Council Scale>2) secondary to a first-ever stroke.
• Age between 45 and 85 years old.
• Subject has previous experience using the RGS system in the clinic.

Exclusion criteria

• Subject presents a major cognitive impairment (Mini-Mental State Evaluation> 22).

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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39 participants in 2 patient groups

VR-based therapy

Experimental group

Description:

3 weeks of home-based treatment for motor training using a virtual reality rehabilitation setup.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Domiciliary VR-based motor rehabilitation

Control

Active Comparator group

Description:

3 weeks of home-based occupational therapy for motor training.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Domiciliary occupational therapy for motor rehabilitation