NCT06897332

Comparing Brain Cortical Activity in Real and Immersive Virtual Reality Manual Dexterity Tasks

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 12 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

With advances in technology, virtual reality (VR) is increasingly used in various fields, including rehabilitation, motor learning, and neuroscience. Its ability to provide controlled, immersive, and interactive environments makes it a valuable tool for training and assessment. However, despite its growing adoption, limited evidence exists on how cortical activation in VR compares to real-world conditions. Moreover, brain cortical activity during motor tasks, such as manual dexterity tasks, remains underexplored. This study aims to compare brain cortical activity in real and immersive virtual reality settings during a manual dexterity task. Secondary objectives include: * Examining the relationship between brain cortical activity and kinematics in both conditions. * Comparing brain cortical activity between hand-tracking and controller-based interactions.

Conditions

• Brain
• Virtual Reality
• EEG
• fNIRS
• Manual Dexterity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Real-world manual dexterity task	Participants will perform a manual dexterity task involving the displacement of physical cubes
BEHAVIORAL	Immersive virtual reality with controllers	Participants will perform a manual dexterity task in an immersive virtual reality environment, requiring them to move virtual cubes using controllers
BEHAVIORAL	Immersive virtual reality with hand-tracking	Participants will perform a manual dexterity task in an immersive virtual reality environment, requiring them to move virtual cubes using the hand-tracking technology

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-03-20
• Primary completion: 2025-06-30
• Completion: 2025-06-30
• First posted: 2025-03-26
• Last updated: 2025-03-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Belgium