NCT03577353

Dual-task Training Using Virtual Reality

Dual-task Training Using Virtual Reality: Influence on Walking and Balance in Post Stroke Survivors

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 22 (actual)
• Sponsor: Loewenstein Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 40 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of the study was to investigate the feasibility of using a virtual reality- based dual task training of upper extremity tracking while treadmill-walking, to improve walking and balance performance in post stroke survivors

Conditions

• Stroke

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Dual Task Walking (DTW)	Each training session began with 8 min of general warm-up and 2 min walk around the gym. Then, for safety reasons, the participants were attached to a harness. The participants began walking slowly on the treadmill for 3 min. In the following phases the participants walked at the same speed, while training with 3 VR games. Each session lasted 3 min, and 3 min of single walking was performed between VR sessions. After the final VR session, 2 min of single-task walking was performed in order to allow for recovery. The time walked in each trial from the starting point to the destination was kept constant at 20 min.
BEHAVIORAL	Single-task Treadmill Walking (TMW)	this intervention, participants performed 8 min of general warm-up and 2 min walk around the gym, and then continued to walk for another 20 min on the treadmill at a speed that was equivalent to the intensity of 60%-70% of their heart rate reserve.

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-10-30
• Primary completion: 2016-08-18
• Completion: 2017-11-26
• First posted: 2018-07-05
• Last updated: 2018-07-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Israel