Using Immersive Virtual Reality for the Upper Limb Rehabilitation of Post-stroke Subjects

Stroke produces brain damages that results in sensory, motor, and cognitive impairments which reduce the patient's quality of life and social participation. Upper limb recovery is a complex process whose goal is to allow the patients to gain, in part or completely, independence in daily living activities, for that it represents one of the most important rehabilitation focus. Virtual reality is a fairly recent approach able to simulate concrete movements and functional tasks in a higher dosage compared to other therapies. It seems that the use of VR could improve limb function, however, the amount of this gain is still unclear because of insufficient evidence. This study aims at quantitatively investigating the effectiveness of an HMD immersive virtual reality system on the upper limb functioning in subacute stroke survivors.

NCT Number	NCT06892886
Lead Sponsor	University Hospital of Ferrara Collaborators: Ospedale Accreditato Villa Bellombra, Casa di Cura Città di Rovigo, IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino Pulejo
Conditions	Sub-acute Stroke
Enrollment	48 participants
Start Date	2023-03-01
Primary Completion	2025-12-31 (estimated)
Study Completion	2025-12-31 (estimated)
Updated on ClinicalTrials.gov	2025-03-25