Motor and Cognitive Telerehabilitation in a Virtual Environment in Patients With Post-stroke Sequelae and Parkinson's Disease

Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorAzienda Usl di Bologna

About this trial

The goal of this interventional pilot trial is to evaluate whether a telerehabilitation protocol based on immersive virtual reality (VR) is effective and feasible for the recovery of cognitive and/or motor functions in patients with sequelae of ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke or with Parkinson's disease.

The main questions it aims to answer are:

* Does the VR-based telerehabilitation protocol improve cognitive and/or motor outcomes compared to conventional rehabilitation? * Is the protocol feasible, defined as ≥80% adherence among participants? Is the system acceptable and user-friendly from the patient's perspective? Researchers will compare an interventional arm receiving telerehabilitation via an immersive VR home kit with a control arm receiving conventional rehabilitation according to standard clinical practice. Both groups will receive the same number of sessions, with the same duration and weekly frequency. Outcomes will be assessed at baseline (T0), after 4 weeks of treatment (T1), and at 3-month follow-up (T2).

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Age >18 years old, both sex;

stroke or Parkinson diagnosis > or = 2 months;

upper limb impairment

informed consent signed

Disqualifiers

ongoing clinical instability;

important cognitive impairment;

psychiatric, neurological, or internal medicine comorbidities;

severe rigidity or hypertonia;

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • VR-based Telerehabilitation with Home Kit
  • Standard Rehabilitation (Conventional Care)

Treatment groups

60 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators