VARA (Virtual and Augmented Reality Applications in Rehabilitation): Motor Rehabilitation Protocol With GRAIL for Patients Affected by Hemiparesis

IRCCS Eugenio Medea

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hemiparesis

Treatments: Device: GRAIL population

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04286997

585

Details and patient eligibility

About

The main goal of the study is to verify the efficacy of the GRAIL system in respect to the walking pattern improvement in a population of hemiparetic subjects.

In particular, the specific goals will be:

• increase in walking symmetry and a better distribution among the time of stance and swing.
• Kinematics and Kinetics correction, with incentive of more corrected activation timing.
• Recruitment of the muscles most involved by the paresis, with the help of visual feedback.
• walking speed increase (but with the priority of the walking pattern)
• increase in the resistance
• Stregthening of the support reaction

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 6+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• hemiparetic patients as a consequence of acquired brain injury

Exclusion criteria

• excessive muscular spasticity or contractures.
• recent (under 6 months) lower limbs surgery
• cognitive or emotional/relational obstacles to the therapy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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20 participants in 2 patient groups

GRAIL population

Experimental group

Description:

patients are treated with 20 sessions of GRAIL rehabilitation, associated to 20 traditional physiotherapy sessions (1+1 a day, during a period of 30 days)

Treatment:

Device: GRAIL population

traditional population

Active Comparator group

Description:

subjects are treated with 40 sessions of traditional physiotherapy (2 a day, during a period of 30 days)

Treatment:

Device: GRAIL population