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Comparing Brain Cortical Activity in Real and Immersive Virtual Reality Manual Dexterity Tasks

NCT06897332 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 12

Last updated 2025-03-26

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Summary

With advances in technology, virtual reality (VR) is increasingly used in various fields, including rehabilitation, motor learning, and neuroscience. Its ability to provide controlled, immersive, and interactive environments makes it a valuable tool for training and assessment. However, despite its growing adoption, limited evidence exists on how cortical activation in VR compares to real-world conditions. Moreover, brain cortical activity during motor tasks, such as manual dexterity tasks, remains underexplored.

This study aims to compare brain cortical activity in real and immersive virtual reality settings during a manual dexterity task. Secondary objectives include:

* Examining the relationship between brain cortical activity and kinematics in both conditions.
* Comparing brain cortical activity between hand-tracking and controller-based interactions.

Conditions

  • Brain
  • Virtual Reality
  • EEG
  • fNIRS
  • Manual Dexterity

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Real-world manual dexterity task

Participants will perform a manual dexterity task involving the displacement of physical cubes

BEHAVIORAL

Immersive virtual reality with controllers

Participants will perform a manual dexterity task in an immersive virtual reality environment, requiring them to move virtual cubes using controllers

BEHAVIORAL

Immersive virtual reality with hand-tracking

Participants will perform a manual dexterity task in an immersive virtual reality environment, requiring them to move virtual cubes using the hand-tracking technology

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Université Catholique de Louvain

    collaborator OTHER

  • Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Thierry Lejeune, MD, PhD · Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc UCL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-03-20
Primary Completion
2025-06-30
Completion
2025-06-30

Countries

  • Belgium

Study Locations

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