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Neurofeedback Rehabilitation With FES and VR for PD

NCT06690931 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2025-05-09

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Summary

recoveriX PRO system is a Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) device that combines Motor Imagination (MI), with Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) and Virtual Reality (VR) as feedback devices. The user wears an electroencephalography (EEG) cap that registers the neural activity during the mental practice. This system allows the user to control the feedback devices (FES +VR) with the MI.

The goal of this clinical trial is to know the safety and clinical effectiveness of recoveriX-based treatment for improving motor functions in Parkinson's Disease patients. Researchers will compare the functional results obtained by recoveriX system, to the standard treatment based in FES + VR + MI without monitoring the EEG activity.

The questions to answer are:

1. Will Parkinson's patients who undergo recoveriX therapy significantly improve their motor functions?
2. Is the functional improvement achieved with the BCI treatment superior to the standard MI+FES+VR treatment?
3. Is the recoveriX-based therapy as safe as the standard treatment?

Participants will have to perform a complete assessment to evaluate their functionality before and after the intervention (motor skills, walking ability, fatigue, impact of the disease in daily living activities).

Patients in the BCI group will receive 6 sessions per week during 4 weeks of BCI training with FES and VR feedback (24 sessions in total).

Patients in the control group receive 6 sessions of FES + VR therapy per week for 4 weeks (24 sessions in total). Patients in the control group will receive the same instructions as the experimental but will not wear the EEG cap.

Conditions

  • Parkinson Disease

Interventions

DEVICE

Brain-Computer Interface with FES and VR

The intervention utilizes the recoveriX PRO system. This is a neurofeedback therapy device that combines Brain-Computer Interface based motor imagery, functional electrical stimulation (FES), and virtual reality (VR). This approach enables participants to engage in motor imagery exercises while receiving real-time feedback based on neural signals. Participants will complete a total of 24 recoveriX sessions, scheduled at 6 sessions per week, with each session lasting 1 hour.

DEVICE

Motor imagery with Functional Electrical Stimulation and Virtual Reality feedback

The participants will train the Motor Imagination (MI) combined with Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) and Virtual Reality (VR) feedback. Feedback provided to the patients will not be linked to the neural signals. The amount of stimulation delivered by the feedback devices (FES and VR) will be similar to the experimental group.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • g.tec medical engineering GmbH

    lead INDUSTRY

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-12-09
Primary Completion
2027-08-31
Completion
2027-08-31

Countries

  • Austria

Study Locations

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