Clinical trial NCT03928405: Effect of Virtual Reality on Balance and Gait Speed With Alzheimer's Dementia
Official title: The Effect of Virtual Reality Application on Balance and Gait Speed in Individuals With Alzheimer's Dementia
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Alzheimer's Dementia
Keywords: Alzheimer's Dementia
Balance
Gait Speed
Virtual Reality
Lead sponsor: Kırıkkale University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2019-04-26
Enrollment: 32
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 65
Maximum age (years): 80
Standard ages: OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: The study consisted of 32 subjects, which were diagnosed as mild or moderate AD by the neurologist. The balance, fall risks and gait speed were assessed. Training group was trained with games selected from different categories such as balance and aerobic exercises with Nintendo Wii virtual reality device for 6 weeks, 1 session 30 min, 2 times a week.
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The aim of study is to investigate the effect of virtual reality application on balance and gait speed in individuals with Alzheimer's Dementia.

Detailed description: The aim of study is to investigate the effect of virtual reality application on balance and gait speed in individuals with Alzheimer's Dementia. The study consisted of 32 subjects, which were diagnosed as mild or moderate AD by the neurologist. The balance, fall risks and gait speed were assessed. Training group was trained with games selected from different categories such as balance and aerobic exercises with Nintendo Wii virtual reality device for 6 weeks, 1 session 30 min, 2 times a week.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Having mild or moderate severity of AD
* Lack of communication difficulties or problems
* Volunteering to participate in the study
* Cerebrovascular event,
* Having disturbing the balance and coordination of neurological disease such as Parkinson, MS,
* Mini Mental Test Score, 18 to 24 points from being scored
* being 65-80 aged.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Patients diagnosed with dementia (infection, vascular, hematological diseases), patients who could not be contacted during the follow-up period or who did not come to control, cardiac and cerebrovascular event,
* Endocrine disorder, fluid-electrolyte imbalance and infection
* Patients with malignancy and malignancy, chemotherapy and radiotherapy,
* Patients with delirium or depression
* Those with protective sensation loss (those with Semmes-Weinstein Monofilament Thickness 4.56 and above)
* patients with lower or upper extremity amputations at any level

Primary outcomes:
measure: The Tinetti Gait and Balance Test (TGBT)
timeFrame: 15 minute
measure: The 5-times Sit to Stand Test
timeFrame: 1 minute
measure: The Gait Speed Measurement Test (GSMT)
timeFrame: 5 minute
measure: Mini Mental State Test
timeFrame: 15 minute
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Kirikkale
country: Turkey
facility: Kirikkale University
state: Fabrikalar Street
city: Kırıkkale
country: Turkey
facility: Kirikkale Universtiy
state: Fabrikalar Street
Study officials:
affiliation: Karaman Ahmet Mete Nursing Home for the Elderly Care
name: Fatma KABAKCI
role: STUDY_CHAIR
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