Dual-task Training Using Virtual Reality

Loewenstein Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Stroke

Treatments: Behavioral: Single-task Treadmill Walking (TMW); Behavioral: Dual Task Walking (DTW)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03577353

0001-13-LOE

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study was to investigate the feasibility of using a virtual reality- based dual task training of upper extremity tracking while treadmill-walking, to improve walking and balance performance in post stroke survivors

Enrollment: 22 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 40 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• With hemiplegia after a stroke for at least a year since the incident.
• Range age 40-80.
• Without medication or with stabilized medication.
• Use ankle-foot orthosis or no splint at all.

Exclusion criteria

• Severe cardiac problems
• A score less than 25 in the Mini-Mental test.
• Fractures or severe orthopedic limitations that do not allow for training, and which have occurred over the last six months.
• More than three falls in the past year before participating in the study

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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22 participants in 2 patient groups

experimental-DTW

Experimental group

Description:

The intervention of the experimental group was based on dual-task treadmill walking while using the Virtual Reality (VR) tool.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Dual Task Walking (DTW)

Control- TMW

Active Comparator group

Description:

The intervention of the control group was based on single-task treadmill walking.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Single-task Treadmill Walking (TMW)