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BTs Nirvana and Post-stroke Rehab

NCT03095560 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2017-03-29

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Summary

Purpose of the article: aim of the present study was to detect the differences between the presence or not of body shadows during a virtual reality (VR) training with BTS NIRVANA (BTsN). Materials and methods: In this pilot study, we enrolled 20 post-stroke rehabilitation inpatients, who underwent a neurocognitive-rehabilitative training consisting of 24 sessions (three times a week for 8 weeks) of BTsN. All the patients were randomized into two groups: Semi-immersive virtual training with (S-IVTSgroup) or without (S-IVTgroup) body shadows.

Each participant was evaluated before (T0), and immediately (T1) after the end of the training by a skilled neuropsychologist through the administration of a complete battery, and by a skilled neurologist to assess motor functions.

Conditions

  • Virtual Rehabilitation

Interventions

DEVICE

NIRVANA

Nirvana is the first device based on optoelectronic infrared sensors, though which the patient can simply interact through his movements. The rehabilitation exercises with audio-visual stimuli and feedback involve the perceptual-cognitive skills of patients, resulting in a motivational training. Several modes and increasing levels of difficulty characterize each exercise, so the therapist can use a pre-defined rehabilitative solution or new ones, according to patient's needs. The results achieved during rehabilitation allow the therapist to evaluate the patient's actual progress, and then to modify the rehabilitation program. The system is connected to a projector or a big screen (put in front of the patient), reproducing an interactive series of exercises (for trunk, upper and lower limbs, and cognition), thanks to an infrared video camera analyzing the patient's movements, it creates interactivity.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino Pulejo

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-06-30
Primary Completion
2017-01-31
Completion
2017-01-31

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