Effectiveness and individual differences in a virtual reality-based gait motor imagery intervention.

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-jRCT1070230080

Enrollment

Registered

2023-11-04

Start date

2023-11-04

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-07-18

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Conditions

Frail Elderly

Interventions

The participants must observe a first-person perspective or an avatar walking on a large VR space (e.g. forest, riverside) for 10 minutes per set. The intervention task is carried out for a period of

D012046

Rehabilitation, Virtual reality

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 30 elderly subjects (including frail) using day services who have sufficient hearing and understanding to communicate daily without difficulty and who can perform walking movements with (or without) canes such as a cane daily.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Excludes persons with significantly reduced motor function, dementia, or other gait impairments that make it impossible to perform the gait task.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Gait task, Trail Making Test (TMT-A, TMT-B), Digit span, Corsi task, Brain activity during gait motor imagery using functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS).	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Timed Up & Go Test (TUG), Grip, Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE).	—

Contacts

Public ContactKotegawa Kohei

Kumamoto Health Science University

kotegawa@kumamoto-hsu.ac.jp+81-96-275-2111

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026