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Virtual Reality and Field Training to Enhance Community Walking After Stroke

NCT04559373 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2026-02-20

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Summary

While stroke survivors discharged from rehabilitation present with some recovery in mobility, their ability to ambulate in the community remains limited. The investigators propose to test a novel, low-cost, intensive and individually tailored intervention that combines virtual reality (VR) and field training to enhance community ambulation and participation in stroke survivors discharged from rehabilitation.

The aims are to: (1) Assess feasibility, acceptability, safety and adherence of the intervention in stroke survivors; and (2) Examine the extent to which post-intervention changes in functional walking and participation to community walking vary according to walking, cognitive and visual-perceptual abilities.

The investigators will use a virtual environment prototype simulating a shopping mall and surrounding streets, in which participants will interact using VR goggles and game controllers. Scenarios of increasing levels of complexity will be introduced. This intervention study involves a single group, multiple pre- multiple post- study design where chronic stroke participants will engage in a 4-week training program. The program will include VR training sessions performed in the clinical setting (3/week) and practice of community ambulation skills while supervised by family/caregivers (2/week). Participants will be assessed on measures of functional walking, balance \& mobility and participation to community walking. Adherence, safety and acceptability will be documented. This study will generate foundation knowledge on the response to the intervention based on individual capacities.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Virtual Reality and Field Training (VRFT)

The VRFT intervention involves the intensive practice of community ambulation skills. Some of the training sessions will be performed in a virtual environment, while others will consist of field training exercises in the community. During the intervention, stroke participants will be invited to practice different dimensions of community ambulation, such as postural transitions, avoiding other pedestrians, dual-task walking, etc.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • Integrated University Health and Social Services Center of the Capitale-Nationale

    collaborator OTHER

  • Laval University

    collaborator OTHER

  • McGill University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Anouk Lamontagne, PhD · McGill University

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
40 Years
Max Age
74 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-04-01
Primary Completion
2026-05-31
Completion
2026-12-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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