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Comparison Study of 'Virtual Teacher' Support for Rehabilitation After Stroke.

NCT02234531 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 124

Last updated 2022-06-10

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The aim of the project is to assess whether the continuous visualization of on-line teacher in virtual reality (VR) is effective for the improvement of upper limb motor function, in stroke patients.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

EVER TEACHER

The treatment will be performed in a darkened room, to avoid distraction provided by environmental stimuli. The patients will be seat on a standard chair in front of a wall screen handling a sensorized object with plegic hand. In case of grasping deficits the hand's surface will be used as end effector (i.e. sensorized glove worn by the patient). During the treatment a specific feedback called "virtual teacher" will be displayed. The Reinforced Feedback in Virtual Environment (RFVE) approach consists of performing different motor tasks moving the end effector simultaneously displayed in the virtual scenario. The Virtual Reality Rehabilitation System (VRRS®. Khymeia Group, Noventa Padovana. Italy) will be used as device to provide the artificial environment.

DEVICE

NEVER TEACHER

The patients allocated to NEVER TEACHER group, will be treated using the VRRS and the proceedings will be the same as described for experimental group. In this group, the patient will move the real object (e.g. ball) following the trajectory of the corresponding virtual object displayed on the wall screen in accordance with the requested virtual task and without the 'virtual teacher' support.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Società Italiana di Fisioterapia (SIF)

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Ministry of Health, Italy

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • IRCCS San Camillo, Venezia, Italy

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Andrea Turolla, PhD · San Camillo IRCCS

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-04-30
Primary Completion
2021-06-30
Completion
2021-06-30

Countries

  • Italy

Study Locations

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