NCT07475598Completed
Virtual Reality-Based Balance Training in Hemiplegic Patients
Effects of Virtual Reality-Based Balance Games on Gait, Balance, and Quality of Life in Patients With Post-Stroke Hemiplegia: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 8 Jul 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This prospective single-blind randomized controlled trial enrolled 43 hemiplegic patients hospitalized in the neurological rehabilitation unit of the University of Health Sciences Ankara Etlik City Hospital. Participants were randomly assigned to a virtual reality (VR) group (n = 23), which received routine physical therapy combined with VR-based balance training, or a conventional therapy (CT) group (n = 20), which received routine physical therapy alone. Interventions were delivered under physiotherapist supervision over 20 sessions, with the VR group receiving an additional 12 sessions of VR-based balance exercises. Outcomes were assessed at baseline, immediately post-treatment, and at an eight-week follow-up, including measures of balance, mobility, functional independence, walking capacity, quality of life, and static balance using the Tecnobody PK252 isokinetic balance measurement system.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 43 (actual)
- First submitted
- 8 Mar 2026
- Start date
- 24 Jan 2024
- Primary completion date
- 24 Apr 2025
- Lead sponsor
- Gaziantep City Hospital
- Diseases
- Stroke
- NCT number
- NCT07475598
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 43
- From 24 Jan 2024 to the primary completion date, 24 Apr 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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Other illness
- Having advanced visual, vestibular or metabolic disorders that cause balance disorders
- Having other neurological diseases that cause gait disorders (Parkinson's, Multiple Sclerosis, Neuromuscular Diseases, Myelomalacia, etc.)
Other
- Refusal to participate in the study or wishing to withdraw from the study
- Having communication problems such as speech and language problems
Who the study is looking for
- Ages 18-75
- Hemiplegic patients (ischemic/hemorrhagic) for 3-18 months
- No severe cognitive impairment, able to respond to visual and auditory commands
- Mini Mental Test (MMT) score of 24 or higher
- Ability to sit or stand independently
- Berg Balance Test (BBT) score of at least 21-56 points (patient group with moderate and/or low risk of falls)
- Brunnstrom 1-2-3 (for paretic upper extremity)
- No history of non-paretic upper extremity fracture or amputation
- No condition that prevents exercise
- Individuals weighing less than 110 kg
- Each patient must be successful in at least 1 round in each game
Age in the registry: 18 years to 75 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ankara Etlik City Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ankara | Turkey (Türkiye) | Unknown status |
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