Virtual reality training for balance and walking after stroke
Tests virtual reality training in stroke survivors, comparing real stimulation with a sham version.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- I.R.C.C.S. Fondazione Santa Lucia
- Where
- Roma, ItalySee the site
- Trial code
- Registry title
- Visuo-Vestibular VR-based Stimulation Effects on Balance and Gait in Stroke Survivors
- Status
- Recruiting
- People taking part
- 38 people, planned
- Started
- 1 Jan 2025
- Expected to end
- Sept 2027
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets a sham (pretend) treatment, for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- Real Visual-Vestibuar Rehabilitation
- Sham Rehabilitation
- Record updated
- 23 January 2026
Who can take part
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for adults aged 18 to 80 who had a stroke more than 6 months ago and can walk. It tests virtual-reality balance and gait training.
- Age
- 18 to 80 years
- Sex
- All sexes can join.
- Disease stage
- Past stroke (bleeding or clot type), more than 6 months after the acute event. Functional Ambulation Category ≥ 3.
Main reasons for not taking part
- Stroke less than 6 months ago
- Orthopedic, visual or neurological problems that may affect taking part
- Thinking or memory problems that make it hard to follow instructions (MiniMentalState Evaluation ≤ 24)
- Epilepsy
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Subjects with a history of hemorrhagic or ischemic stroke (more than 6 months from the acute event)
- Patients aged between 18 and 80 years
- Absence of cognitive deficits that may interfere with the patient's ability to understand the exercise instructions (MiniMentalState Evaluation > 24)
- Functional Ambulation Category ≥ 3
- Absence of associated orthopedic, visual, and/or neurological issues (clinically assessed) that may affect participation in the study
Who cannot take part
- Patients with stroke (less than 6 months from the acute event)
- Epilepsy
- Patients aged under 18 and over 80
- Presence of associated orthopedic, visual, and/or neurological issues (clinically assessed) that may affect participation in the study
- Presence of cognitive deficits that may interfere with the patient's ability to understand the exercise instructions (MiniMentalState Evaluation ≤ 24)
Check if you might fit
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- Are you between 18 and 80 years old?
Where in Italy
- Fondazione Santa Lucia IRCCSRoma, ItalyContact: Sara De Angelis, MScTaking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
This pilot study aims to evaluate the effect of a specfic Virtual-Reality-Based rehabilitation training in patients with stroke. A total of 38 patients with stroke (more than 6 months from the acute event), recruited from the services of the Fondazione Santa Lucia IRCCS in Rome, will be included in the present study. Participants will be randomized into two groups: a Real group and a Sham group. Both groups will undergo a rehabilitation intervention using an immersive virtual reality system. The Real group will be exposed to scenarios containing specific stimuli for the visuo-vestibular system, while the Sham group will be exposed to the same scenarios but without specific stimuli. All participants in both groups will undergo 12 treatment sessions (three times a week), each lasting 20 minutes. All treatments will be conducted by physiotherapists specialized in neurological and vestibular rehabilitation. Patients will be assessed before the start of the treatment, at the end of the intervention, and one month after its completion, in order to evaluate the effects of the experimental training on balance and gait, and on the patient's perceived quality of life. Another aim will be to assess the user's satisfaction with the new proposed protocol.
The 2 groups in the trial
- RealTreatment being tested
Treatment: Real Visual-Vestibuar Rehabilitation
- ControlSham treatment, for comparison
Treatment: Sham Rehabilitation
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Visuo-Vestibular VR-based Stimulation Effects on Balance and Gait in Stroke Survivors
- Plain-language title
- Virtual reality training for balance and walking after strokeGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
- AI summary
- From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 12 November 2026.
- Fit questions
- Built from NCT06780488, who can take part
- Record updated
- 23 January 2026