Virtual Reality-Based Exercise in Cancer Patients

University of Arizona

Status: Completed

Conditions: Distorted; Balance; Motor Deficit

Treatments: Other: Balance Training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02165163

iCAMP_123

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the present study is to evaluate an innovative virtual reality-based balance training intervention for improving clinically relevant motor performances (balance and gait) in cancer patients.

The investigators hypothesize that the virtual reality-based balance training intervention will improve balance and gait performances in cancer patients compared to a control group receiving usual care only.

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• ability to ambulate without assistance
• willingness to provide informed consent
• cancer
• neuropathy related to chemotherapy

Exclusion criteria

• severe neurologic, cardiovascular, metabolic, or psychiatric disorders
• severe visual impairment
• cognitive impairment

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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20 participants in 2 patient groups

Balance Training

Experimental group

Description:

Balance training will be conducted individually two times per week for 4 weeks. Each training session will include virtual reality tasks such as "ankle reaching" and "obstacle crossing" using a virtual obstacle shown on a computer screen. Each session will last 30 - 45 minutes.

Treatment:

Other: Balance Training

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

The control group will keep their normal activity without receiving any intervention.