Mirror therapy stroke rehabilitation using an immersive virtual reality headset with people who have a weakness or impairment in one of their hands

Clinical feasibility of an immersive virtual reality mirror therapy system using an established clinical protocol to explore clinical outcomes, usability and acceptability with inpatient people with stroke

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN34011164

Enrollment

Registered

2021-12-03

Start date

2019-09-20

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2022-10-24

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Conditions

Rehabilitation following stroke (ischaemic and haemorrhagic) Circulatory System Stroke, not specified as haemorrhage or infarction

Interventions

Participants will be people with stroke who are at an in-patient rehabilitation facility in Berlin. If they wish to participate in the study, they will given the virtual mirror therapy intervention us

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Aged at least 18 years 2. Suffered a first-time stroke 3. Has a severe, one-sided paresis of the hand

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Severe cognitive or emotional limitations 2. Insufficient seat-sitting stability 3. Severe speech comprehension or speech production deficit 4. Simultaneous participation in another study

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Adherence assessed using the BeST documentation after first, second and third intervention 2. Rehabilitation dose assessed using the BeST documentation after first, second and third intervention 3. Protocol progress assessed using the BeST documentation after first, second and third intervention 4. Safety assessed using the Simulator Sickness questionnaire and VR Adverse Event Monitoring questionnaire after first, second and third intervention 5. Affected Hand Function assessed using the Fugl-Meyer UE subset (Part B + C) during the pre- and post-assessments	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Adherence assessed using the BeST documentation after first, second and third intervention 2. Rehabilitation dose assessed using the BeST documentation after first, second and third intervention 3. Protocol progress assessed using the BeST documentation after first, second and third intervention 4. Safety assessed using the Simulator Sickness questionnaire and VR Adverse Event Monitoring questionnaire after first, second and third intervention 5. Affected Hand Function assessed using the Fugl-Meyer UE subset (Part B + C) during the pre- and post-assessments

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Perceptions regarding immersive VR intervention by person with stroke measured using the VR Acceptance, Motivation, and Self-Evaluation questionnaire after the first and third intervention 2. Tingling/paraesthesia occurrences determined by BeST documentation during the first, second and third interventions 3. User experience measured using the meCUE 2.0 questionnaire after the third intervention	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Perceptions regarding immersive VR intervention by person with stroke measured using the VR Acceptance, Motivation, and Self-Evaluation questionnaire after the first and third intervention 2. Tingling/paraesthesia occurrences determined by BeST documentation during the first, second and third interventions 3. User experience measured using the meCUE 2.0 questionnaire after the third intervention

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Countries

Germany

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 11, 2026