Mixed Reality With Hololens® Exercise Protocol

Centro Universitario La Salle

Status: Completed

Conditions: Healthy Volunteers

Treatments: Other: Mixed reality; Other: Conventional exercise group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03703518

Holo-01

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study design is a cross-over pilot study with 15 asymptomatic subjects. There will be 2 groups, mixed reality group and conventional cervical exercise program. Both groups received 2 sessions per week with an interval of 48 hours between them during 3 consecutive weeks.

Full description

The study design is a cross-over pilot study. The study was approved by the ethical committee of the Centro Superior de Estudios Universitarios La Salle. People were recruited by referral from different places of the local community of Madrid according to the CONSORT statement (Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials). Three assessors were trained during 300 minutes about how to perform the measurements (Investigator A) and the concerned intervention to each group (Investigator B and C). The whole procedure was conducted in the Centro Superior de Estudios Universitarios La Salle. After meeting the eligibility criteria for the study, participants were randomly allocated by an external investigator to one of the two groups:

• Mixed reality group
• Conventional Exercise group

Enrollment: 15 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 40 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age 18 to 40,
• Not experienced any neck and upper limb symptom
• Have no significant history of chronic pain disorder,
• Did not use any medication,
• Understand, write and speak Spanish fluently.

Exclusion criteria

• Craniocervical pain, peripheral neuropathy or history of migraine.
• Endocrine disorders, epilepsy or any psychiatric disorder, neurological disorder.
• Surgery and a history of traumatic injuries of the upper limb

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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15 participants in 2 patient groups

Mixed reality

Experimental group

Description:

Mixed reality exercise program using the Microsoft Hololens "Roboraid" game. This group received 6 exercise sessions over 3 weeks, 2 days/week with an interval of 48 to 72 hours between sessions, using the Microsoft Hololens "Roboraid" game. The duration of the sessions will be 10 minutes.

Treatment:

Other: Mixed reality

Conventional exercise group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Conventional exercise program in cervical region based in deep neck flexors and deep neck extensors, isometric contraction during 6-8 seconds. This group received 6 exercise sessions over 3 weeks, 2 days/week with an interval of 48 to 72 hours between sessions.

Treatment:

Other: Conventional exercise group