NCT05728866Completed
Effectiveness of IVR Combined With Task-Specific Training on Hemiplegic Arm Function Following Stroke
Effectiveness of Immersive Virtual Reality (IVR) Combined With Task-Specific Training on Hemiplegic Arm Function Following Stroke: A Single Case Series Study.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 19 Mar 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The purpose of this research study is to understand the efficacy of using an immersive Virtual Reality (VR) environment, with task-specific training, to encourage arm movement following stroke.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 13 (actual)
- First submitted
- 6 Feb 2023
- Start date
- 12 Mar 2023
- Primary completion date
- 20 Nov 2025
- Lead sponsor
- Virginia Commonwealth University
- Diseases
- Stroke
- NCT number
- NCT05728866
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 13
- From 12 Mar 2023 to the primary completion date, 20 Nov 2025
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- Suffered a stroke less than 6-months prior to participating in the study.
Other illness
- Sensory loss as determined by a score of 2 on the sensory item of the NIH Stroke Scale.
- History of greater than two strokes.
- A history of, or being susceptible to, cyber-sickness (i.e., motion sickness).
- A history of seizures.
Other
- Unable to provide informed consent.
- Pain in the involved upper limb that could interfere with daily activities as evidenced by a pain score of 5 or greater on the Numeric Pain Rating Scale.
- Unable to don/doff accelerometer independently, or the lack of support in the home to assist with donning/doffing device; and
Who the study is looking for
- Age 18 or older.
- Diagnosed as having an ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke (with documented confirmatory neuroimaging in the medical record) that occurred at least 6-months prior to study enrollment.
- Lack of full active range of motion in the involved shoulder, elbow, and wrist as the result of the injury.
- At the time of study enrollment, participant completed structured therapeutic interventions at least 2-months prior.
- Participants will not participate in Yoga, Tai-Chi, or other wellness lifestyle classes while participating in the study.
- Absence of significant cognitive impairment as determined by a Mini-Mental Status Examination score of greater than or equal to 24.
- The absence of upper extremity injury limiting functional use of the arm prior to the incident stroke.
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia Commonwealth University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Richmond | United States | Unknown status |
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