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Virtual Reality for Aging

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Led By Lisa Sheehy, PhD

Research Sponsored by Bruyere Research Institute

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial

Must have

Be older than 65 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up change from immediately after 8-week intervention to 1 month later

Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial is testing whether virtual reality can help seniors stay mobile and improve their quality of life.

Eligible Conditions

Aging

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ change from immediately after 8-week intervention to 1 month later

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~change from immediately after 8-week intervention to 1 month later

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and change from immediately after 8-week intervention to 1 month later for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Secondary outcome measures

Berg Balance Scale

Emergency Room Visits

Falls

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Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: Virtual RealityExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Participants receive 8 weeks of home-based or facility-based virtual reality training, supervised remotely and asynchronously, in addition to their usual activity.

Group II: Usual CareActive Control1 Intervention

Participants perform their usual activities.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Rocmaura Nursing HomeUNKNOWN

Bayshore HealthCareUNKNOWN

New Brunswick Extra-Mural ProgramUNKNOWN

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

How many volunteers are participating in this experiment?

"Affirmative. Per the clinicaltrials.gov entry, this research trial is currently seeking participants which was initially posted in December 2019 and edited last April 2022. In total, 108 patients need to be enlisted from 6 different medical sites."

Answered by AI

Are there any vacancies for willing participants in this clinical experiment?

"Affirmative. Clinicaltrials.gov displays that enrollment for this medical trial is open, with the first post dated December 2nd 2019 and the most recent edit on April 21st 2022. The study requires 108 participants to be recruited from 6 different sites."

Answered by AI

How many research centers have initiated this clinical trial?

"This research project is operational in 6 distinct medical centres, located in Woodstock, Saint John and Stanley as well as 3 other places. To lower the burden of travel associated with participation, you should select a clinic near your residential location."

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Recent research and studies

TrialsJournal

Home-based Virtual Reality Training After Discharge from Hospital-based Stroke Rehabilitation: A Parallel Randomized Feasibility Trial

Sheehy, Lisa, Anne Taillon-Hobson, Heidi Sveistrup, Martin Bilodeau, Christine Yang, Vivian Welch, Alomgir Hossain, and Hillel Finestone. 2019. “Home-based Virtual Reality Training After Discharge from Hospital-based Stroke Rehabilitation: A Parallel Randomized Feasibility Trial”. Trials. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. doi:10.1186/s13063-019-3438-9.

clinicaltrials.govStudy

Virtual Reality Training to Increase Rehabilitative Exercise in Seniors

Lisa Sheehy 2019. "Virtual Reality Training to Increase Rehabilitative Exercise in Seniors". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04083885.