Use of Virtual Reality to Improve Sensorimotor Function in Patients with Traumatic Wrist and Hand Injuries

University of Malaga

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Wrist Injury

Treatments: Other: Virtual Reality games; Other: Rehabilitation treatment

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06832527

VirtualReality-pp

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this randomized clinical trial is to compare how the incorporation of Virtual Reality could influence in proprioception, kinesiophobia, functionality and catastrophism in people that are undergoing a rehabilitation treatment after a wrist fracture. The principal questions it aims to answer are:

• Evaluate the effect of using virtual reality added to standard rehabilitation of wrist injuries in proprioception impairment.
• Evaluate the effect of using virtual reality on psychological factors as kinesiophobia and catastrofism.
• Evaluate the effect of using virtual reality in functionality on wrist-injured patients.

Intervention will be:

• Control group: participants of this group will receive conventional rehabilitation of the wrist, plus a specific proprioceptive exercise program.
• Experimental group: participants of this group will receive the same treatment as the control group but adding virtual reality games at the end of the session.

Researchers will compare control and experimental group to see if an implantation of Virtual Reality could had benefits on function, kinesiophobia, catastrofism and proprioception.

Enrollment: 79 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adult (equal or more than 18 y/o).
• Suffering wrist injury
• Agree and sign informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

• Not had suffered a wrist injury
• Suffer from any mental, cognitive, neurological or musculoskeletal disorder
• Have cervical pathology/impairment
• Have visual or balance problems

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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79 participants in 2 patient groups

Conventional rehabilitation

Active Comparator group

Description:

Conventional rehabilitation treatment for the wrist plus a specific proprioceptive exercise program.

Treatment:

Other: Rehabilitation treatment

Rehabilitation+virtual reality

Experimental group

Description:

Conventional rehabilitation treatment for the wrist plus a specific proprioceptive exercise program and virtual reality games

Treatment:

Other: Rehabilitation treatment

Other: Virtual Reality games