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Virtual Reality Based Interventions After Brain Injury
Sponsor: Danderyd Hospital
Summary
After a brain injury, cognitive impairments are common, affecting an individual's independence and quality of life. Although various training programs are used in rehabilitation, it remains unclear how effective they are in real-life settings. The project now being planned at CogTech, a technology-driven rehabilitation unit at Danderyd Hospital, aims to evaluate new methods that can enhance both training effectiveness and motivation. In the project, the effect of game-based training in virtual reality (VR) on cognition will be evaluated. VR offers a more realistic and engaging environment, which may improve the transfer of training outcomes to everyday situations. In this feasibility study, ten patients at the clinic will receive VR-training at 15 occasions in addition to rehabilitation as usual. The results may contribute to the development of more individualized rehabilitation, reduced treatment times, and improved quality of life for people with brain injury.
Official title: The Effectiveness of Virtual Reality Based Interventions on Cognitive Function After Brain Injury
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - 65 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
15
Start Date
2026-06-01
Completion Date
2028-07-31
Last Updated
2026-05-14
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
VR/AR intervention
Participants will engage in cognitively demanding games such as Beat Saber, Zooma, or XR Brain Stimulation for 30-60 minutes, 3 days a week for 5 weeks using an augmented reality (AR) (RehAtt® XR) or VR headset (i.e., Meta Quest 3 or Oculus Rift S). Beat Saber and Zooma are both commercially available games. In Beat Saber players use two colored sabers to slice incoming music-synchronized blocks in the directions indicated, while also dodging obstacles like walls and bombs. Zooma involves shooting rolling colored balls to create matches before they reach the endpoint ("snapdragon"), using both hands for faster color-matching. XR Brain Stimulation is developed to be used in brain injury rehabilitation and involves 3D games in the form of holograms integrated in the real surroundings.
Locations (1)
Danderyd Hospital
Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden