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Virtual table tennis for rehabilitation

Researchers are studying virtual reality table tennis alongside occupational and speech therapy in Parkinson's.

Testing a treatment or activity · Study reference: JPRN-UMIN000049144

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Start (reported date)
2023-09-01
Study finished (reported date)
2024-03-31

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  • 2026-10-11 — recruiting

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Ages 20years-old to 80years-old · Ask the team who can join

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Sex eligibility reported by registry: male and female

Inclusion criteria: 1. People who fulfil the clinical diagnostic criteria as Probable Parkinson disease 2. People with Parkinson disease with severity of Hohen & Yahr I-III 3. Any gender Exclusion criteria: 1. People with Parkinsonian syndrome other than Parkinson disease 2. People with cognitive impairment (MoCA-J less than 20 points) 3. People with suffering from inner ear disorders that may cause VR sickness 4. People who have difficulty continuing VR for more than 10 minutes due to VR sickness during the VR experience conducted beforehand 5. People who have regularly played table tennis within 3 months before study participation 6. People who are deemed unsuitable by the principal investigator or a sub-investigator
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Official study title

Clinical trial on the effectiveness and feasibility of a VR table tennis program in people with Parkinson disease - Clinical trials on VR table tennis program for Parkinson disease

Short title used by the registry

Clinical trial to verify effectiveness of VR table tennis program for people with Parkinson disease

Original description

Intervention: Rehabilitation combining VR table tennis rehabilitation with occupational and speech therapies is provided to study participants. The VR model and software used for the study is the Oculus Quest 2 and the Eleven Table Tennis software provided by Meta Platforms. A practice mode is used in which participants rally against a game opponent on a virtual table tennis table, and a match mode in which they fight against an opponent. First, the patient performs preparatory exercises (neck stretching, upper limb stretching, lower limb stretching, lateral stepping and swinging (fore-back-switching)) for five minutes, followed by 15 min in practice mode; after five minutes break, the patient trains in match mode for 15 minutes. During training in match mode, breaks should be taken at the patient's request or at the discretion of the assisting healthcare professional. Patients at risk of falling due to balance problems can perform the program in a sitting position. After training with VR table tennis program, 40-minute occupational therapy and 40-minute speech therapy are given. If, during the training, it becomes difficult to continue for more than 25 minutes due to fatigue or off state, the results of the session will not be included in the data. The study duration is two months. Frequency of implementation is twice a week. Primary outcome: MDS-UPDRS part III Secondary outcome: 1.MDS-UPDRS part I, II, IV 2.Montreal Cognitive Assessment 3.Self-rating Depression Scale 4.Apathy Evaluation Scale 5.3m up & go test 6.10m gait 7.Parkinson's Disease Questionnaire 8.System Usability Scale

Conditions reported: Parkinson disease

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Study type
Interventional
Interventions
Rehabilitation combining VR table tennis rehabilitation with occupational and speech therapies is provided to study participants. The VR model and software used for the study is the Oculus Quest 2 and the Eleven Table Tennis software provided by Meta Platforms. A practice mode is used in which participants rally against a game opponent on a virtual table tennis table, and a match mode in which they fight against an opponent. First, the patient performs preparatory exercises (neck stretching, upper limb stretching, lower limb stretching, lateral stepping and swinging (fore-back-switching)) for five minutes, followed by 15 min in practice mode; after five minutes break, the patient trains in match mode for 15 minutes. During training in match mode, breaks should be taken at the patient's request or at the discretion of the assisting healthcare professional. Patients at risk of falling due to balance problems can perform the program in a sitting position. After training with VR table tennis program, 40-minute occupational therapy and 40-minute speech therapy are given. If, during the training, it becomes difficult to continue for more than 25 minutes due to fatigue or off state, the results of the session will not be included in the data. The study duration is two months. Frequency of implementation is twice a week.
Phases
Not applicable
Sponsor
Murakami Karindoh Hospital
Start date reported by registry
2023-09-01 (reported)

Registry updated: Not reported · Status last verified by the registry submitter: Not reported

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Shinsuke Fujioka · 092-811-3331 · shinsuke@cis.fukuoka-u.ac.jp

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Japan

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