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Mixed Reality and Virtual Reality Technology With Mirror Therapy for Stroke Rehabilitation
Sponsor: Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Summary
The specific study aims will be: 1. To design and develop the hardware and software of the VR+MT and MR+MT systems. 2. To test the feasibility of the VR+MT and MR+MT systems from the patients and to collect the feedback of users with respect to their experiences. 3. To examine the treatment effects of VR+MT and MR+MT compared to the traditional MT (i.e., control group) in patients with stroke by conducting a randomized controlled trial. 4. To identify who will be the possible good responders to VR+MT and MR+MT based on their baseline motor functions and mental imagery abilities.
Official title: Technology-based and Activity-based Design of Mirror Therapy Principles: Two Mixed Reality and Virtual Reality Mirrored-hand Systems for Stroke Rehabilitation
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
20 Years - 80 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
45
Start Date
2024-03-13
Completion Date
2026-07-31
Last Updated
2026-03-20
Healthy Volunteers
No
Interventions
Virtual Reality-based Mirror Therapy (VR+MT)
In this VR+MT group, the patients will be instructed to perform the unilateral movements of the non-affected upper limb simultaneously while observing the animated hand as mirroring reflection of the affected hand within the immersive environment, which presented on the goggle via the VR+MT system.
Mixed Reality-based Mirror Therapy (MR+MT)
In the MR+MT group, the patients will be instructed to perform the unilateral movements of the non-affected upper limb concurrently meanwhile watching the real-time mirroring image reflection of the non-affected upper limb's movements of the patients captured, transformed, and superimposed on the affected upper limb, which projected to the screen from the front side via the MR+MT system.
Traditional Mirror Therapy (MT)
In the traditional MT group, patients will be instructed to perform the unilateral movements of the non-affected upper limb at the same time while watching the mirror of a mirror box placed in front of the patient's midsagittal plane, in which the illusory reflection of the non-affected upper limb appears as if it were the another affected upper limb.
Locations (1)
Taoyuan Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Taoyuan, Taiwan