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NCT Number: NCT05235581

Balance Reactions in a Virtual Environment With Avatar and/or Reinforced Visual Signal Compared to a Real Environment

The scientific literature shows that there is a degradation of balance in virtual reality. This trial investigates the introduction of a full-body avatar and/or enhanced visual cues on the reduction of the degradation.

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Key information

Conditions

Healthy

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Pôle Saint Hélier, Rennes, Brittany Region, France

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Healthy volunteer, men and women over 18 years old

Exclusion criteria

  • Severe visual deficiency not allowing an activity in immersive virtual reality.
  • Immobilization of one of the upper limbs (splint restraint splint)
  • Orthopedic and painful problems of the inferior limb
  • MSSQ greater than 25
  • Pregnant woman
  • Person under legal protection

Treatment and study plan

Intervention A : virtual environment with avatar

Other

30-second right and left unipodal static and dynamic balance test with avatar only

Intervention B : virtual environment with reinforced visual signal

Other

30-second right and left unipodal static and dynamic balance test with reinforced visual signal only

Intervention C : virtual environment with avatar and reinforced visual signal

Other

30-second right and left unipodal static and dynamic balance test with avatar and reinforced visual signal

Intervention D : real environment

Other

30-second right and left unipodal static and dynamic balance test in real environment

Primary outcomes

  1. Area of CoP (Center of pression) for each test (in cm²)

    Time frame: Immediately after inclusion

    Mesure of area of center of pression during the balance tests in virtual condition and real condition, order in terms of randomisation

  2. Total distance covered by the CoP during the balance test (in cm)

    Time frame: Immediately after inclusion

    Mesure of the total distance covered by the CoP during the balance tests (in cm) in virtual condition and real condition, order in terms of randomisation

Secondary outcomes

  1. Simulator Sickness Quantifying (SSQ)

    Time frame: Immediately after the balance test

    SSQ completed after the balance test, SSQ is a scale of cyber sickness, from 0 to 48

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Pôle Saint Hélier

Other

Collaborators

  • Hopital La Musse

Registry information

Official study title

Study of the Postural Reactions of Balance Compared Between Real Environment and Virtual Environment With Avatar and Reinforced Visual Signal.

Acronym: EQUIVIRT2

Important dates

Study start
2022
Primary completion
2022
Study completion
2022
First posted
Feb 11, 2022
Registry last updated
Jan 18, 2023

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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