Interactive Motor Imagery in Virtual Reality

Stroke Clinical Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02149186
• Other study ID #: EK-24 2009/PB_2016-00545
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: October 2009
• Est. completion date: December 2019

Study information

• Verified date: December 2019
• Source: University of Zurich
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This project will build and test the first rehabilitation system employing virtual reality (VR)-based observation, motor imagery and execution to treat lower-limb neuropathic pain and motor dysfunction in participants with an incomplete spinal cord injury or another neurological disorder, eg. stroke: iCTuS-L (Interactive Computer-based Therapy System for legs). Patients using the system will control virtual representations of their legs to engage in entertaining gaming interactions.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 79
• Est. completion date: December 2019
• Est. primary completion date: December 2019
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 16 Years to 80 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age between 16 and 80

• clinically incomplete spinal cord injury (time since injury: chronic > 1 year; acute < 3 months)

• ASI C or D

• neuropathic pain and/or motor deficits

• diagnosed neurological disorder, eg. stroke

Exclusion Criteria:

• any disease limiting training

• epilepsy

• major depression or psychosis

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Spinal Cord Injuries
• Spinal Cord Injury
• Stroke

Intervention

Device:
• iCTuS-L

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Switzerland	Curt, Armin, MD	Zurich

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Zurich

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Switzerland, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Sensorimotor Assessment	Questionnaire assessing distinct pain qualities associated with neuropathic pain, structured pain interview, questionnaire for assessing patients diagnosed as depressed and detects depression among the normal population, transcutaneous electrical stimulation of superficial nerves, information about the motor level of the lesion, the sensory levels of the lesion (light touch and pin prick), questionnaire assessing activities of daily life and independence in subjects with spinal cord lesion, walking aids and/or personal assistance, examining gait speed, transcranial magnetic stimulation	16 weeks