Virtual Environment Rehabilitation for Chronic Stroke
Completed · Phase 2
Conditions studied: Stroke
In brief
More than half of individuals post-stroke have residual movement disabilities, including reduced mobility, balance, and increased risk of falling. There is a need for innovative, long-term and economically-feasible interventions for those with chronic stroke. Recently, a focus has been placed on the use of virtual reality and interactive gaming as a low cost and effective manner of treating movement disorders. Yet few studies have investigated interactive gaming platforms effect on balance following stroke. The proposed study is a randomized, single-blind, control group cross-over study for individuals with chronic stroke designed to examine an innovative therapeutic approach by investigating the effects of commercially-available gaming systems on balance, mobility and fear of falling in a sample of individuals with chronic motor deficits following stroke.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01414686
- Run by
- University of South Carolina
- People needed
- 30
- Starts
- 2008-05-01
- Expected to finish
- 2011-06-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2019-04-19
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Greater than 6 months following stroke
- Ability to walk 10 feet with or without assistance
- 18 years of age or older
- Clinical presentation of unilateral hemiplegia post-stroke
- Ability to follow simple two-step instructions
You may not qualify if…
- Unable to ambulate 150 feet prior to stroke
- History of serious chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or oxygen dependence
- Severe weight bearing pain
- Lower-extremity amputation
- Non-healing ulcers on the lower extremity
- Renal dialysis or end stage liver disease
- Legal blindness or deafness or severe visual or hearing impairment
- A history of significant psychiatric illness defined by diagnosis of bipolar affective disorder, psychosis, or schizophrenia
- Life expectancy less than one year
- Severe arthritis or orthopaedic problems that limit passive ranges of motion of lower extremity: Knee flexion contracture of -10 degrees, Knee flexion ROM < 90 degrees, hip flexion contracture > 25 degrees, ankle plantar flexion contracture > 15 degrees
- History of deep venous thrombosis or pulmonary embolism within 6 months
- Uncontrollable diabetes: diabetic coma, frequent insulin reactions
- Severe hypertension with systolic > 200mmHg and diastolic > 110mmHg at rest
- Intracranial hemorrhage related to aneurysm rupture or an arteriovenous malformation (hemorrhagic infarctions will not be excluded)
- History of severe seizure disorder; other neurological conditions such as multiple sclerosis or Parkinson's Disease
- Pain that is scored greater than 5 out of 10 on a visual analog scale and limits daily activity
- Any health problems judged by their screening physician to put the client at significant risk of harm during the study
Where it is running
- University of South Carolina - Public Health Research Building — Columbia, South Carolina, United States
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