NCT01794585

Virtual Reality (VR) Treatment for Balance Problems in Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

Home-Based Virtual Reality (VR) Treatment for Chronic Balance Problems in Adults With Traumatic Brain Injury

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 62 (actual)
• Sponsor: Craig Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 64 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectivenes of a home-based physical therapy program designed to improve balance following traumatic brain injury by incorporating the use of a virtual reality system.

Conditions

• Traumatic Brain Injury

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Virtual Reality Based Exercise	A structured, individually tailored, protocol driven, reproducible therapeutic intervention. The study intervention will consist of individually prescribed selections from three off-the-shelf VR games that target the type and severity of balance deficits elicited during the completion of a baseline assessment. Participants randomized to receive this intervention will be assigned a home balance program that utilizes an Xbox Kinect system to provide balance activities.
BEHAVIORAL	Standard Exercise	An individualized home balance exercise program that also targets identified balance system-specific deficits, however, utilizes no VR components.

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-04-01
• Primary completion: 2017-12-01
• Completion: 2017-12-01
• First posted: 2013-02-20
• Last updated: 2018-02-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States