The Effects of Augmented and Virtual Reality Gait Training on Patients With Parkinson's Disease

Gazi University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Parkinson Disease

Treatments

Other: Conventional Training

Other: Augmented and Virtual Reality Gait and balanceTraining

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT05439967

1-PD C-Mill

Details and patient eligibility

About

In Parkinson's Disease (PD) rehabilitation, the treadmill is used both in aerobic training and in gait training, as it provides more walking distance and can include body weight supported systems. It has been reported that the C-Mill VR+ device, which is a treadmill system with augmented and virtual reality (VR) technology, improves gait adaptation and reduces the risk of falling in individuals with early to mid-stage PD. Several publications augmented reality (AR) and VR applications in PD was focused on balance activities that do not include ambulation. In other studies in the literature, it was stated that further research are needed to better understand the effects of VR gait training on gait and balance in PD. It was also stated in these studies that the effects of VR gait training should be examined with more objective measurement methods. As a result, it is seen that there is a need for studies examining the effects of augmented and virtual reality trainings in PD with objective measurement methods. Therefore, our study aimed to examine the effects of AR and VR gait training on gait and balance in individuals with early to mid-stage PD.

Full description

Participants included in the study will randomly divide were randomly divided into 2 groups as intervention (IG, n=15) and control (CG, n=15). IG was given augmented and virtual reality gait training together with conventional training (CT). CG was given CT only. The training was applied 3 days per week for 6 weeks in both groups. All evaluations will be made by the same physiotherapist by meeting with participants face to face. Inclusion in the research will be on a voluntary basis. As outcome measures, motor symptoms, balance, balance confidence and gait analyses were performed before and after intervention.

Enrollment

30 patients

Sex

All

Ages

40+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

being diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease by a specialist physician
being grade 1-3 on the Hoehn and Yahr Staging Scale
being 40 years or older; and
individuals agreed to be included in the study after adequate information was given about the study

Exclusion criteria

People who standardised Mini-Mental State Examination score < 24
Having any cardiovascular, vestibular, musculoskeletal, or additional neurological disease.