Immersive VR for Female Orthopaedic Rehabilitation

Wroclaw University of Health and Sport Sciences

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hip Arthropathy

Treatments: Behavioral: Immersive Virtual Reality Therapy; Behavioral: Conventional rehabilitation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06506760

VRortov2

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study compares the effects of cardiological rehabilitation enhanced with virtual reality (VR) versus conventional rehabilitation methods. It assesses the impact on both psychological parameters (including depression, stress, anxiety, and kinesiophobia) and physiological and functional parameters of cardiology patients. The aim is to analyze the efficacy and benefits of VR-supported rehabilitation in improving patients' mental and physical health compared to traditional methods.

Full description

The study will involve elderly female patients aged 60 and above who present sequentially at the Rehabilitation Department of St. Hedwig of Silesia Hospital in Trzebnica (Poland) within three months following hip joint arthroplasty surgery. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of two groups: Group A, the Virtual Reality Group, will receive 8 therapy sessions, with two sessions per week; Group B, the Control Group, will undergo conventional rehabilitation.

Enrollment: 24 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 60+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Female individuals who have recently undergone hip joint arthroplasty surgeries aged 60 years and above.

Exclusion criteria

• cognitive impairments that prevent independent completion of research questionnaires
• reported consciousness disorders
• bipolar affective disorder and other serious mental disorders in the patient's medical history
• use of psychoactive drugs
• ongoing psychiatric treatment or individual psychological therapy
• contraindications to Virtual Reality such as epilepsy, vertigo, serious vision disorders
• functional status preventing independent movement (orthopedic aids are allowed, e.g., crutches, walker)
• refusal to participate in the study at any stage

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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24 participants in 2 patient groups

Immersive Virtual Reality Therapy

Experimental group

Description:

Conventional orthopedic rehabilitation supplemented by VR therapy

Treatment:

Behavioral: Immersive Virtual Reality Therapy

Conventional rehabilitation

Active Comparator group

Description:

Conventional orthopedic rehabilitation

Treatment:

Behavioral: Conventional rehabilitation

Behavioral: Immersive Virtual Reality Therapy