In Home VR Therapy
| Status: | Active, not recruiting |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Neurology |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Neurology |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 21 - 80 |
| Updated: | 10/10/2018 |
| Start Date: | January 26, 2017 |
| End Date: | May 2020 |
Multi-user Virtual Training for Upper Extremity in the Home
Virtual reality is a video game in which a person and their real-time movements are
represented on a screen in a virtual environment. This study will compare the use of
multi-user virtual reality (VR) to single-user VR to determine if either provides superior
engagement in upper extremity therapy and greater motivation to perform repetitive training.
Stroke survivors will participate in a longitudinal study in which they will have the
opportunity to perform rehabilitative training with multi-user VR and single-user VR modes in
their homes. They will use each mode for 2 weeks, completing 4 session per week, each session
is 1 hour long. Upper extremity motor control, level of engagement, and active range of
motion will be assessed at time points during the intervention period.
Subject evaluations will take place before the intervention, at the midpoint of intervention
(between switching from multi-user to single-user modes, or vice versa), and at the end of
the intervention.
The investigators hope to address two aims:
Aim 1: To determine if the use in-home multi-user virtual reality treatment results in
greater engagement in therapy compared with in-home single user virtual reality treatment.
Aim 2: To determine if in-home virtual reality treatment results in greater practice
The investigators hypothesize that stroke survivors will be more engaged in therapy when
training with the multi-user VR system and this will translate into greater practice.
represented on a screen in a virtual environment. This study will compare the use of
multi-user virtual reality (VR) to single-user VR to determine if either provides superior
engagement in upper extremity therapy and greater motivation to perform repetitive training.
Stroke survivors will participate in a longitudinal study in which they will have the
opportunity to perform rehabilitative training with multi-user VR and single-user VR modes in
their homes. They will use each mode for 2 weeks, completing 4 session per week, each session
is 1 hour long. Upper extremity motor control, level of engagement, and active range of
motion will be assessed at time points during the intervention period.
Subject evaluations will take place before the intervention, at the midpoint of intervention
(between switching from multi-user to single-user modes, or vice versa), and at the end of
the intervention.
The investigators hope to address two aims:
Aim 1: To determine if the use in-home multi-user virtual reality treatment results in
greater engagement in therapy compared with in-home single user virtual reality treatment.
Aim 2: To determine if in-home virtual reality treatment results in greater practice
The investigators hypothesize that stroke survivors will be more engaged in therapy when
training with the multi-user VR system and this will translate into greater practice.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Are between the ages of 21 and 80
- Experienced a single stroke at least 6 months prior to enrollment
- Have moderate arm impairment as indicated by a score between 4 and 6 on the
Chedoke-McMaster Stroke Assessment, arm subscale
- Live within 20 miles of the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (as study personnel
will need to travel to their home)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Other neurological, neuromuscular, or orthopedic disease
- Pain in the upper extremity with movements required in the treatment
- Contracture that limits use of the VR system
- Vision problems which would preclude the ability to use the VR system
- Cognitive or language deficits that would prevent them from understanding the tasks
- Concurrent enrollment in another intervention study involving the affected arm or hand
- Botox injection in the arm within the previous 6 months
We found this trial at
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site
345 E Superior St
Chicago, Illinois 60611
Chicago, Illinois 60611
(312) 238-1000
Phone: 312-238-2993
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC) is an independent, 501(c)3, non-profit...
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