Effectiveness and individual differences in a virtual reality-based gait motor imagery intervention.

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Frail Elderly; D016330

• Registration Number: JPRN-jRCT1070230080
• Lead Sponsor: Kohei Kotegawa

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2023-11-04
• Last Update Posted: 20 November 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Pending
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

30 elderly subjects (including frail) using day services who have sufficient hearing and understanding to communicate daily without difficulty and who can perform walking movements with (or without) canes such as a cane daily.

Exclusion Criteria

Excludes persons with significantly reduced motor function, dementia, or other gait impairments that make it impossible to perform the gait task.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Gait task, Trail Making Test (TMT-A, TMT-B), Digit span, Corsi task, Brain activity during gait motor imagery using functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS).

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Timed Up & Go Test (TUG), Grip, Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE).