RecruitingNot ApplicableNCT06735053

Impact of Virtual Reality Physiotherapy on Multiple Sclerosis Patients

Experimental Study on the Impact of a Virtual Reality-Based Physiotherapy Program as a Complement to a Conventional Physiotherapy Program in Patients With Moderate to Severe Multiple Sclerosis

Sponsor

European University of Madrid

Enrollment

26 participants

Start Date

Feb 1, 2025

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Conditions

Multiple Sclerosis

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if virtual reality combined with conventional physiotherapy intervention works to treat moderate to severe multiple sclerosis persons. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Does the application of a virtual reality-based program along with conventional physiotherapy produces improvements compared to the application of conventional physiotherapy and placebo virtual reality in motor aspects of patients with multiple sclerosis? * Does the application of a virtual reality-based program along with conventional physiotherapy produces improvements compared to the application of conventional physiotherapy and placebo virtual reality in cognitive aspects of patients with multiple sclerosis Researchers will compare a virtual reality-based program along with conventional physiotherapy with a placebo virtual reality to see if virtual reality improve motor and cognitive aspects of multiple sclerosis. Participants will: * Visit the clinic twice a week for 10 weeks to receive a 1-hour session of virtual reality and conventional physiotherapy. * Be assessed using various scales and questionnaires at three different times: at the start of the study, at the end of the treatment, and 4 weeks after the study ends.

Eligibility

Min Age: 18 YearsMax Age: 70 Years

Plain Language Summary

Simplified for easier understanding

This study is testing whether virtual reality (VR) physiotherapy sessions can improve balance and physical function in people with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) who need walking aids. **You may be eligible if...** - You have a confirmed diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) for more than two years - Your disability level (EDSS score) is 6.5 or higher — meaning you need two walking aids (like two canes or a walker) to walk about 20 meters - Your treatment has been stable for at least 6 months - You have no significant cognitive impairment and can understand instructions **You may NOT be eligible if...** - Your MS was diagnosed less than two years ago - Your disability level is below 6.5 - Your medications have changed in the past 6 months - You have cognitive impairment that prevents you from following instructions Talk to your doctor to see if this trial is right for you.

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Interventions

OTHERVirtual Reality group

Virtual reality group will perform online reality-based device following a therapeutic protocol supervised by a physiotherapist in which the level of demand will be adjusted to the patient's evolution. This programme provides a gamified and challenging online environment to enhance motor learning and induce sensorimotor adaptations. Additionally, they will receive conventional physiotherapy approach, oriented to the specific objectives of each patient, aiming to normalize tone, activate weakened muscles, facilitate movement, recover sensitivity, and compensate for functional deficits. Additionally, global kinesitherapy, motor coordination exercises, pedalier, vibration therapy (vibrosphere®), and analgesic electrotherapy will be performed if necessary.

OTHERPlacebo virtual reality group

The control group will undergo a conventional physiotherapy program based on the normalization of tone, activation of weakened muscles and facilitation of normal movement, recovery of alterations in sensitivity, and compensation of lost functional deficits. In addition, global kinesitherapy exercises will be performed on a stretcher, motor coordination exercises, pedalier, vibration therapy (vibrosphere ®) and analgesic electrotherapy if necessary. Finally, in order to minimize the differences between the control and intervention groups, the participants of the control group will watch a 15-minute generic 2D video freely accessible on the Youtube platform from the VR glasses, without specific software.