Head Mount Display-based Virtual Reality Rehabilitation of Hemispatial Neglect

National Rehabilitation Center, Seoul, Korea

Status: Completed

Conditions: Neglect, Hemispatial; Stroke

Treatments: Device: field of regard-focused visual exploration therapy; Other: conventional therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03463122

NRC-2014-04-022

Details and patient eligibility

About

Head-mounted display based virtual reality rehabilitation for hemispatial neglect.

Full description

The investigators examine about the efficacy of field-of-regard-focused visual exploration therapy implemented using a head-mounted display virtual reality system for hemispatial neglect rehabilitation following stroke.

Enrollment: 56 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 19+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• presence of left hemispatial neglect as demonstrated by a score above the cut-off on the line bisection test or star cancellation test of the Behavioral Inattention Test, or mild-to-moderate neglect-related functional impairment defined by a score of 1-20 points on the Catherine Bergego Scale
• age 19 to 65 years
• first-time right hemispheric ischemic or haemorrhagic stroke as evidenced by brain imaging and medical records
• a score >25 on the Mini-Mental State Examination

Exclusion criteria

• presence of oculomotor palsies or visual defects as assessed via standard neurological examination
• orthopaedic disorders affecting neck movement
• inability to maintain a seated position.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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56 participants in 2 patient groups

Training first

Other group

Description:

This group completed 20 sessions of a field of regard-focused visual exploration therapy program using an head mount display (five daily sessions per week over a period of four weeks) in addition to conventional therapy followed by four weeks of conventional therapy

Treatment:

Device: field of regard-focused visual exploration therapy

Other: conventional therapy

Waiting first

Other group

Description:

This group completed four weeks of conventional therapy followed by 20 sessions of a field of regard-focused visual exploration therapy program using an head mount display (five daily sessions per week over a period of four weeks) in addition to conventional therapy.

Treatment:

Device: field of regard-focused visual exploration therapy

Other: conventional therapy