NCT07129304

Design And Analysis of The Effectiveness of CVRE VS Non-Immersive VR in the Rehabilitation of Parkinson

Design And Analysis of The Effectiveness of Collaborative Virtual Reality Environment Versus Non-Immersive Virtual Reality in the Rehabilitation of Patients With Parkinson's Disease

• Status: Active Not Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: Superior University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 40 Years – 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study is being conducted to investigate the effect of Collaborative Virtual Reality Environments versus non-immersive Virtual reality-based rehabilitation in addition to the conventional Physical Therapy for patients with Parkinson's Disease to improve the motor, cognitive function, and overall quality of life.

Detailed description

Parkinson's Disease is a progressive, neurodegenerative disorder with sign and symptoms of resting tremor, rigidity, retropulsion, stooping posture, sluggishness of spontaneous actions, with masked face. Parkinson's disease is increasing worldwide every year. Besides medical or surgical treatment, task-oriented Physical Therapy exercises have shown improvement in balance, reducing falls, and enhancing motor functions. Virtual reality (VR) has also appeared to be a promising means for rehabilitation in this disease. Collaborative Virtual Environments are shared digital spaces that enable real-time collaboration and interaction, often represented through avatars. Rehabilitation treatment with such advanced virtual reality technology i.e., comparing Collaborative Virtual Environments (CVEs) and Non-Immersive Virtual Reality to enhance motor functions along with cognitive tasks in Parkinson's disease may transform Physiotherapy rehabilitation by advocating engaging, effective, and scalable interventions, ultimately improving the outcomes and quality of life in Parkinson's disease.

Conditions

• Parkinson Disease

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
COMBINATION_PRODUCT	Collaborative Virtual Reality with Routine Physical Therapy	patients will receive routine Physiotherapy treatment and additional treatment in a Collaborative Virtual Reality Environment for 30 minutes per session 3 times /week for minimum of 8 weeks. There will be a real time interaction in this group between patients and Physiotherapist in the virtual environment. The tasks in the CVE will focus on motor control, balance, coordination, and social engagement while routine Physical Therapy session will consist of performing exercises based on similar goals of improving motor skills, enhanced coordination, functional mobility, muscle strength and stretching exercises.
COMBINATION_PRODUCT	Non-Immersive Virtual Reality with Routine Physical Therapy	Patients will receive routine physiotherapy treatment along with the engagement with computer-based virtual rehabilitation content displayed on a standard computer monitor/ LED screen. There will be no real time interaction in this group between patients and Physiotherapist in the virtual environment. Patients will be viewing pre-recorded videos of therapeutic exercises, demonstration, and / or on-screen instructions and cues for performing exercises. This group's patients will be treated with non- immersive virtual reality along with routine physical therapy for 30 minutes session 3 times /week for 8 weeks. Routine Physical Therapy session will consist of performing exercise based on the goal of improving motor skills, enhanced coordination, posture correction, gait efficiency, functional mobility, muscle strength and endurance training, stretching exercises where required.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-04-17
• Primary completion: 2026-04-01
• Completion: 2027-03-01
• First posted: 2025-08-19
• Last updated: 2025-08-19

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: Pakistan