Virtual Reality Training for Neglect After Stroke
Tests a virtual reality program for attention loss on one side in adults after stroke.
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Registry title: Assessment and Treat Neglect Patients With a VR Application
Key facts
- Where
- Antwerp, BelgiumSee the site
Where in Belgium
- Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of AntwerpAntwerp, BelgiumNo longer taking part
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Trial details
- Who runs it
- Universiteit Antwerpen
- Trial code
- NCT06999473
- Record updated
- 31 May 2025
- Original description
The objective of this project is to investigate the effectiveness of neglect training in our self-developed VR application "SpatialSense". The investigators aim to reach the following goals:Read full original descriptionShow less
Assess and Treat Visuospatial Neglect in Central Neurological Conditions Via an Innovative Virtual Reality Software
The objective of this project is to investigate the effectiveness of neglect training in our self-developed VR application "SpatialSense". The investigators aim to reach the following goals:
i. Compare conventional neglect therapy for neglect training with SpatialSense to evaluate the impacts on neglect recovery to see whether the VR therapy improves the clinical outcomes, such as balance recovery, perception of verticality, quality of life, independence in daily activities, and cognitive impairment, after rehabilitation training.
ii. Analyze and compare the search strategies employed by stroke patients with VSN and those without VSN during the execution of the search task with SpatialSense to summarize typical visual scanning strategies for facilitation, rehabilitation training, and improving the transfer effect in daily activities.
The experimental group will receive both conventional OT and PT treatment, but 3 days a week, half an hour of conventional treatment will be replaced by treatment with SpatialSense software. The control group will receive their regular dose-matched conventional OT and PT sessions without interference. The experimental group will receive SpatialSense training 3 times a week for a consecutive 4 weeks (12 sessions in total of 30 minutes).
Inclusion: Age 18 years or older; Able to provide informed consent; have had a hemispheric stroke.
Exclusion: Have a medical implant, such as a cochlear implant or a pacemaker; Have a severe comorbid psychiatric (E.g. psychotic symptoms) disorder; Have a premorbid neurodegenerative disease (E.g. Alzheimer's dementia, vascular dementia); Have a severe visual impairment that cannot be corrected by wearing glasses while training; Have a history of epileptic seizures The following exclusion criteria do not apply to the Non-VSN stroke group; Have severe written language comprehension deficits; Do not show signs of a spatial asymmetry in performance on a battery of screening tasks; Having visual field deficits or lesions in the occipital lobe.