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The Effect of Virtual Reality Therapy on Upper Extremity Functions in Subacute Stroke Patients Receiving Rehabilitation

NCT07299162 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 38

Last updated 2026-01-28

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Summary

Stroke ranks second among the leading causes of death worldwide and third among the causes of disability. In stroke patients, motor impairment typically affects facial movements and the upper and lower extremities unilaterally. Upper extremity involvement, in particular, negatively impacts patients' activities of daily living, such as eating and dressing. Various rehabilitation methods are used to improve the function of the paretic upper extremity in stroke patients. Action Observation Therapy and Virtual Reality are among the rehabilitation approaches currently used to support upper extremity rehabilitation.

In our study, patients will be randomly divided into two groups: one group will receive conventional rehabilitation and Action Observation Therapy, while the other group will additionally receive Virtual Reality therapy. This study aims to investigate the contribution of Virtual Reality therapy, when added to conventional rehabilitation and Action Observation Therapy, to the recovery of the paretic upper extremity in patients with subacute stroke.

Conditions

  • Stroke
  • Hemiplegia and/or Hemiparesis Following Stroke

Interventions

OTHER

Virtual Reality

Camera controlled virtual reality games for upper extremity

OTHER

Conventional rehabilitation

Personalized conventional exercises for hemiparesis after stroke

OTHER

Action observation therapy

Rehabilitation method that involves patients watching video recordings of purposeful upper extremity movements designed for daily life activities followed by physically attempting the same movements.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Inosens information technologies limited company

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Istanbul Physical Medicine Rehabilitation Training and Research Hospital

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • Seda Akbayrak, MD · Istanbul Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Training and Research Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-08-15
Primary Completion
2026-03-25
Completion
2026-04-20

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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