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Study Evaluating the Effect of Moving Virtual Scenes on Postural Balance in a Stroke Rehabilitation Setting

Not Applicable
Not yet recruiting
Conditions
Stroke Rehabilitation
Postural Equilibrium
Interventions
Other: Assessing postural responses induced by visual stimulation (Visual Evoked postural responses, VEPR)
Registration Number
NCT06053970
Lead Sponsor
FondationbHopale
Brief Summary

This is an interventional, prospective, randomized, monocentric study designed to develop medical knowledge.

Virtual reality is increasingly used in rehabilitation. The aim of virtual reality is to investigate motor interactions in a fictitious, configurable environment, in order to train specific functions and transpose improvements into everyday life.

The main objective of this study is to investigate the influence of different moving virtual scenes on the general spatiotemporal parameters of pressure centers, in a sub-acute stroke rehabilitation context.

This would help health professionals to assess the most suitable VR exercise in function of patient's difficulties.

During this study, patient movements while viewing 8 different virtual reality scenes will be recorded using a motion platform during a single session.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
20
Inclusion Criteria
  • Age: over 18
  • Adult patient in rehabilitation stay (day or full hospitalization) following a first stroke less than 6 months old.
  • One of the rehabilitation objectives is to improve balance
  • Ability to understand exercise instructions
  • Ability to stand for at least one minute with eyes closed, safely and without technical assistance
  • Ability to walk at least with technical assistance and/or supervision
  • Patient having given their informed consent
  • Patient affiliated to a social security scheme

Non -inclusion criteria :

  • Patients with epilepsy, controlled or not
  • Patients undergoing rehabilitation following a stroke in the posterior fossa
  • Known history of vestibular or cerebellar balance disorders
  • Patients with orthopedic or traumatological impairment preventing stabilometric measurement on a force platform without footwear
  • Patient under legal protection measure
  • Severe phasic disorders that may prevent the expression of the will to stop viewing virtual scenes or to respond to numerical scales
  • Pregnant or breastfeeding woman
  • Known history of motion sickness
  • Patient participating or having participated in the balance rehabilitation program with virtual reality within the rehabilitation center during their stay

Exclusion Criteria :

  • Cyberkinetosis represented by a score greater than or equal to 15 on the Fast Motion Sickness scale
  • Poor tolerance for wearing a virtual reality headset
  • Significant visual impairment preventing the perception of the stimulus visual
Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Random order of virtual scenesAssessing postural responses induced by visual stimulation (Visual Evoked postural responses, VEPR)Eight measurements on a stabilometry platform will be performed for each of the VR signals, in random order: Signal A Direction: anteroposterior Speed: 5 m/s Signal B Direction: anterior-posterior Speed: 5 m/s Signal C Direction: Oblique forward and downward Speed: 5 m/s Signal D Direction: Oblique forwards and upwards Speed: 5 m/s Signal E Direction: Oblique forwards and to the right Speed: 5 m/s Signal F Direction: Oblique forward and left Speed: 5 m/s Signal G Direction: antero-posterior + Clockwise tunnel rotation at 10°/s Speed: 5 m/s Signal H Direction: antero-posterior + Counter-clockwise tunnel rotation at 10°/s Speed: 5 m/s
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Displacement speed of the center of pressure (in mm.s-1)During the procedure (virtual reality session).

Displacement speed of the center of pressure will be recorded on a force platform under different conditions:

* Eyes open with VR headset simulating a static environment

* Eyes closed with VR helmet off

* In 8 VR conditions simulating movement (in random order)

Total length of pressure center displacement (in mm)During the procedure (virtual reality session).

Length of pressure will be recorded on a force platform under different conditions:

* Eyes open with VR headset simulating a static environment

* Eyes closed with VR helmet off

* In 8 VR conditions simulating movement (in random order)

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

FONDATION HOPALE - Centre de rééducation Ste Barbe

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Fouquières-lès-Lens, France

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