Effectiveness of Virtual Reality Gaming Therapy Versus CI Therapy for Upper Extremity Rehabilitation

Stroke Clinical Trial

Official title: Video Game Rehabilitation for Outpatient Stroke (VIGoROUS): A Multi-center Comparative Effectiveness Trial of In-home Gamified Constraint-induced Movement Therapy for Rehabilitation of Chronic Upper Extremity Hemiparesis.

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

The current proposal aims to conduct a multi-site randomized controlled trial comparing virtual-reality gaming delivery of Constraint Induced Movement therapy (CI therapy) with (1) traditional clinic-based CI therapy of equal total active therapy duration and (2) a control group equating the dose of in-person therapy. Individuals with chronic stroke will be randomized to one of four different interventions: (1) traditional clinic-based CI therapy (35 therapist/client contact hours), (2) therapist-as-consultant virtual reality CI therapy (5 therapist/client contact hours in the clinic and 15 hours of independent game play at home), (3) therapist-as-consultant virtual reality CI therapy with additional therapist contact via telerehabilitation (5 therapist/client contact hours in the clinic, 2.6 therapist contact hours via teleconference, and 15 hours of independent game play in the home), and (4) 5 hours of standard occupational therapy (OT) / physical therapy (PT). After 6-month follow-up, individuals assigned to standard OT/PT will cross over to a modified gaming therapy condition (a stand-alone application of the rehabilitation game without additional therapist contact).

Clinical Trial Description

Detailed study description published in BMC Neurology (2017). ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Hemiparesis
• Paresis
• Stroke

• NCT number: NCT02631850
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Ohio State University
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: November 2015
• Completion date: December 31, 2019