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Evaluation of the effect of immersive virtual reality-based upper extremity rehabilitation in hemiparesis and hemiplegia compared to standard therapeutic care: A randomized controlled trial.

Phase 4
Conditions
Flaccid hemiplegia
G81.0
G81.9
G81.1
Hemiplegia, unspecified
Spastic hemiplegia
Registration Number
DRKS00026242
Lead Sponsor
ReHub GmbH
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Pending
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
112
Inclusion Criteria

One of the following diagnoses:
- ICD10 G81.0: Flaccid hemiparesis and hemiplegia.
- ICD10 G81.1: Spastic hemiparesis and hemiplegia
- ICD10 G81.9: Hemiparesis and hemiplegia, unspecified
- First cerebrovascular brain injury (stroke) 3 to 12 months ago
- Age range: 40-70 years
- Ability to sit without support for more than 10 seconds
- Ability to follow simple verbal instructions
- No previous experience with Rehago or any other VR therapy app
- Sufficient knowledge of German to operate the app
- Explicit consent to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria

- Symptomatic neurologic pre-condition, especially chronic progressive or recurrent like Multiple sclerosis or severe Muscle diseases
- Heart failure
- debilitating chronic dizziness
- Impaired vision
- Severe intellectual disability or dementia
- Mental illness with delusional perceptual processing
- Photosensitive Epilepsy
- Bilateral pareses of upper extremity
- Severe Aphasia that prevents the use of the therapeutic device

Study & Design

Study Type
interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Functional Independence Measure (FIM) - all subgroups. Done on Day 0, 14, 28 and 42.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Adherence, EQ5D-5L, MMST, FMA, NNM.<br>Adherence is documented daily via diary. EQ5D-5L is completed weekly by the patients. FMA and NNM are completed every 14 days (day 0, 14, 28, 42) with therapist(s) and patient(s). The Mini Mental State Test (MMST) will be administered on day 0 and day 42.
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