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NCT Number: NCT07026890

The Benefits of Virtual Reality in the Care of Elderly People With Psychomotor Disadaptation Syndrome

Psychomotor Disadaptation Syndrome (PMDS) is characterised by a deterioration in postural function, gait and psychomotor automatisms in the elderly. It is often associated with falls and can manifest itself as retropulsion, gait abnormalities, neurological disorders and psycho-behavioural problems. For the majority of these patients, a stay in a geriatric medical and rehabilitation centre is necessary, enabling an objective assessment of these disorders and multi-professional care, including physiotherapists, occupational therapists and adapted physical activity teachers, aimed at restoring safe movement and motor independence. However, rehabilitation relies on traditional exercises that are limited, repetitive and sometimes far removed from everyday activities. Technological innovations such as virtual reality (VR) offer opportunities to improve care by creating immersive environments that reproduce real-life situations. VR could thus help to rehabilitate the motor problems associated with MS.

The aim of the VIR-AGE project is to study the clinical benefits of VR in the rehabilitation of hospitalised elderly people suffering from PMDS in terms of functional deficits, particularly motor deficits.

The study will take place at the Centre gériatrique Champmaillot of the CHU Dijon Bourgogne. A total of 50 patients with SPDM will take part.

The total duration of your participation is 5 weeks.

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Key information

Conditions

Psychomotor Disadaptation Syndrome

Age range

65 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

CHU Dijon Bourgogne

Dijon, 21000, France

Location status: Recruiting

Location contact

Mathieu GUEUGNON

CONTACT

[email protected]

0380293571

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Person who has given written consent
  • Person aged ≥ 65 years;
  • With a proven diagnosis of motor maladjustment syndrome;
  • Hospitalised in a geriatric care unit;
  • Able to understand a simple instruction and answer a closed question;
  • Ability to perform the TUG within 7 days of arriving on site

Exclusion criteria

  • Person not affiliated to or not benefiting from a social security scheme
  • Person subject to a legal protection measure (curatorship, guardianship)
  • Person subject to a judicial protection measure
  • An adult who is incapable or unable to give consent
  • Persons with epilepsy, kinetosis or known claustrophobia Persons unable to understand simple instructions for carrying out tests
  • Anyone with a severe visual and/or hearing impairment
  • Any person with a behavioural disorder (agitation, aggressiveness)
  • Any person with a severe walking or balance problem that makes motor exercises unsuitable
  • Anyone with a pathology, injury, wound or severe deformity to the head or cervical spine
  • Any person suffering from severe vertigo, diagnosed at the discretion of the investigating doctor
  • Inability to use arm for pointing
  • Persons susceptible to migraines
  • Non-French speakers
  • Anyone with an inter-pupillary distance outside the range of possible helmet adjustments

Treatment and study plan

Evaluation visits

Other

3 assessment visits (initial (V1), intermediate (V2) and final (V3).

A series of motor assessments carried out by the physiotherapist:

  • Timed Up and Go Test (TUG)
  • 10 m walk test (TM10)
  • Functional Reach Test (FRT)
  • Minimum Motor Test (TMM)
  • 10 m walk test combined with a verbal task such as naming different animals

Rehabilitation sessions

Other

Usual treatment: 4 to 5 rehabilitation sessions per week, each lasting 45 minutes.

Virtual reality sessions

Other

3 virtual reality sessions per week, each lasting 30 minutes.

Additional rehabilitation sessions

Other

3 additional rehabilitation sessions per week. These sessions correspond to standard rehabilitation sessions.

Primary outcomes

  1. Change in 'Timed Up and Go' time between initial and final assessment

    Time frame: 5 weeks

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Paul ORNETTI

CONTACT

[email protected]

0380293745

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon

Other

Registry information

Official study title

The Value of Virtual Reality in the Care of Elderly People With Psychomotor Disadaptation Syndrome: a Randomised Controlled Trial of Mixed Efficacy and Implementation vs. Conventional Rehabilitative Care

Acronym: VIR-AGE

Important dates

Study start
2025
Primary completion
2027
Study completion
2027
First posted
Jun 18, 2025
Registry last updated
Apr 21, 2026

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