Use of Virtual Reality Games for the Treatment of Balance and Reducing the Occurrence of Falls in Patients After Stroke

June 15, 2015 updated by: Érika Pedreira, Pedreira, Érika, M.D.

Therapeutic Effect of Virtual Reality in Patients After Stroke

The aim of this study was to investigate the therapeutic effect of virtual reality associated with conventional physiotherapy on balance during gait and the occurrence of falls in patients after stroke.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Randomized clinical trial conducted with patients of both sexes with hemiparesis after stroke of 18 to 65 years. They excluded those who had less than six months of injury, with sensory or perceptual deficit. Patients included were randomized into two groups, a treatment group, which conducted rehabilitation with virtual reality associated with conventional physical therapy and the control group that performed only conventional physiotherapy. Randomization was done by a computer program in blocks, by a third person, respecting the allocation concealment. After selection and randomization, patients were evaluated at baseline, when they were collected demographic and clinical data, investigated the occurrence of falls in the three months prior to evaluation and rated the balance in motion using the Dynamic Gait Index (DGI). Patients were followed for 20 physiotherapy sessions, visits twice a week for an hour each. The assessment of the balance and the investigation of the occurrence of falls were repeated at the end of treatment, which occurred on average three months after the start of the intervention, by the same examiner, who remained blind to the group that the patient belonged.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

30

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 65 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • patients of both sexes with hemiparesis after stroke of 18 to 65 years.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • less than 6 months of injury with sensory or perceptual deficit.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Virtual Reality Group
Rehabilitation with virtual reality using games with balance training goal.
Other: Virtual Reality
Rehabilitation with virtual reality, using Football games, Boxe, Bambolê and Tennis.
Other: Conventional
Stretching exercises in limbs, trunk mobilization in the three planes, balance training in standing position, training of balance reactions and gait training.
Active Comparator: Conventional Group
Conventional physiotherapy with exercises for balance training.
Other: Conventional
Stretching exercises in limbs, trunk mobilization in the three planes, balance training in standing position, training of balance reactions and gait training.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Dynamic Gait Index (DGI)
Time Frame: avarage 8 weeks
Balance during gait in patients after stroke undergoing rehabilitation with virtual reality associated with conventional physiotherapy.
avarage 8 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Number of Falls
Time Frame: avarage 8 weeks
falls in patients after stroke undergoing rehabilitation with virtual reality associated with conventional physiotherapy.
avarage 8 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Pedreira, Érika, M.D.

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Erika Fonseca, Pedreira, Érika, M.D.

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

January 1, 2014

Primary Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2014

Study Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2014

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

June 12, 2015

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 15, 2015

First Posted (Estimate)

June 18, 2015

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

June 18, 2015

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 15, 2015

Last Verified

August 1, 2014

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • EP-13-RV

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