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Effects of Training in a Virtual Environment in Chronic Stroke Patients

NCT01886183 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2018-11-02

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The objective of this work will be compare the effects of two balance training programs, one Nintendo Wii Fit-based and the other traditionally-based without the use of a gaming system, on the (1) motor function, (2) cognition, (3) balance and (4) gait in chronic stroke patients. It is a prospective, single blinded, randomized clinical trial performed at Center of Research of the courses of Speech Therapy, Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy of São Paulo University. Forty patients will be randomly assigned in control and experimental group, 20 each one.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Virtual Reality Training

The participants of the study will be trained 8 balance games during 14 sessions

OTHER

Physical Therapy

Patients of the control group will be trained with balance exercises.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Sao Paulo General Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Maria Elisa P Piemonte, PT, PhD · University of Sao Paulo

  • Tatiana P Oliveira, PhD student · University of Sao Paulo

  • Camila S Miranda, Ms Student · University of Sao Paulo

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-02-28
Primary Completion
2017-06-30
Completion
2018-02-28

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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Diseases

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