Knee Osteoarthritis, Motor Control, Risk of Falls and Virtual Reality
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age60+
SponsorUniversidade da Coruña
About this trial
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about knee osteoarthritis, functionality, and risk of falls in community-dwelling adults aged 60 years and older. The main questions it aims to answer are:
* What are the characteristics of a community-dwelling population over 60 years and older in terms of knee osteoarthritis, functionality, and risk of falls? * Does an intervention with virtual reality lower knee osteoarthritis symptoms, raise functionality and prevent falls in community-dwelling adults aged 60 years and older, compared to a control group receiving conventional physiotherapy treatment based on therapeutic exercise?
Participants will:
* Answer questionnaires. * Perform physical laboratory tests through a camera-based motion capture system. * Execute task-based exercises in a virtual environment through virtual reality.
Researchers will compare community-dwelling adults aged 60 years and older who execute task based exercises in a virtual environment through virtual reality and community-dwelling adults aged 60 years and older receiving conventional physiotherapy treatment based on therapeutic exercise to see if virtual reality improves knee osteoarthritis symptoms, functionality, and lowers fall risk.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Age over 60 years.
Non-institutionalized individuals.
Subjects who wish and consent through informed consent to participate in the study.
Have the ability to walk independently (with or without assistive devices).
Disqualifiers
History of significant previous traumas or surgeries to the spine, pelvis, or legs in the last 12 months.
Self-reported presence of dizziness, seizures, or epilepsy, aiming to prevent potential exacerbation of symptoms with VR.
Vestibular disorders (balance).
Neurological diseases, cardiovascular, or respiratory disorders affecting activity; as well as inflammatory or autoimmune diseases affecting the lower limb joints, and other forms of secondary osteoarthritis.
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Virtual Reality
- Therapeutic exercise
Treatment groups
110 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsLocations
Sponsors and collaborators
Universidade da Coruña
Lead sponsor
Centre for Information and Communications Technology Research (CITIC)
Collaborator
Faculty of Physiotherapy
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov