Effects of Virtual Reality Based Training on Posture Stability in Parkinson's Disease

January 28, 2016 updated by: Yea-Ru Yang, National Yang Ming University

Effects of Virtual Reality Based Training on Posture Stability in Individuals With Parkinson's Disease

The present study is to examine the effects of a virtual reality based balance training using the Kinect sensor on postural stability and functional balance in individuals with Parkinson's disease.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

20

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

20 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Hoehn and Yahr stages I through III
  • A score of more than or equal to 24 on the mini-mental state examination
  • Stable medication usage
  • Freedom from any other problems that might affect training

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Unstable medical conditions
  • Histories of other diseases known to interfere with participation in the study

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 based intervention
Virtual reality based balance training
Behavioral: Virtual reality based intervention
Virtual reality based balance training
Active Comparator: Conventional intervention
Conventional balance training
Behavioral: Conventional intervention
Conventional balance training

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Limits of stability test
Time Frame: Change from Baseline at 8 weeks
Change from Baseline at 8 weeks
One-leg stance test
Time Frame: Change from Baseline at 8 weeks
Change from Baseline at 8 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Berg Balance Scale
Time Frame: Change from Baseline at 8 weeks
Change from Baseline at 8 weeks
Timed up and go test
Time Frame: Change from Baseline at 8 weeks
Change from Baseline at 8 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

National Yang Ming University

Publications and helpful links

The person responsible for entering information about the study voluntarily provides these publications. These may be about anything related to the study.

General Publications

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

August 1, 2013

Primary Completion (Actual)

August 1, 2014

Study Completion (Actual)

August 1, 2014

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

January 26, 2016

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 28, 2016

First Posted (Estimate)

February 2, 2016

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

February 2, 2016

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 28, 2016

Last Verified

January 1, 2016

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 13MMHIS120

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

UNDECIDED

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

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