Effects of Vestibular Training on Postural Control of Healthy Adults Using Virtual Reality

Part of paid clinical trials in Potsdam, New York.

Sponsor
Clarkson University
Study ID
NCT05941039
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Balance Assessment
  • Vestibular Training
  • Virtual Reality

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - 35 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Accepted

Interventions

  • Vestibular training using VR followed by Control — DEVICE
    A cross-over design will be used with group one receiving the training intervention for 6 days, a 4-day washout period, and a 6-day no-training period.
  • Control followed by Vestibular training using VR — DEVICE
    Group two will follow the reverse sequence.

Study Details

Postural instability is a common symptom of vestibular dysfunction that impacts a person's day-to-day activities. Vestibular rehabilitation is effective in decreasing dizziness, visual symptoms and improving postural control through several mechanisms including sensory reweighting. As part of the sensory reweighting mechanisms, vestibular activation training with headshake activities influence vestibular reflexes. However, combining challenging vestibular and postural tasks to facilitate more effective rehabilitation outcomes is under-utilized. The novel concurrent headshake and weight shift training (Concurrent HS-WST) is purported to train the vestibular system to directly impact the postural control system simultaneously and engage sensory reweighting to improve balance. Young healthy participants will perform the training by donning a virtual reality headset with an overhead harness on and a spotter present to prevent any falls. The investigators propose that this training strategy would show improved outcomes over traditional training methods by improving vestibular-ocular reflex (VOR) gains, eye movement variability, sensory reweighting and promoting postural balance. The findings of this study may guide clinicians to develop rehabilitation methods for vestibular postural control in neurological populations with vestibular and/or sensorimotor control impairment.

Key Dates

Start date
Oct 3, 2022
Status verified
Jun 2025
Primary completion
Aug 15, 2024
Completion
Aug 30, 2025

Study Design

Enrollment
30 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
CROSSOVER
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Arms

  • Experimental: Vestibular Activation Training
  • No Intervention: No Training

Primary Outcome Measure

Vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) gain [ Time Frame: Two week study period ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Clarkson UniversityPotsdamNew York13699
Kwadwo Appiah-Kubi, PhD
[email protected]
347-284-9986
Evan Laing, BS
[email protected]
518-860-9789

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