Effectiveness of Virtual Reality in Hand Therapy
CompletedNot applicableNCT05188040
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
The purpose of this study is to determine if the use of Virtual Reality as an intervention for patients following specific hand injuries will positively affect patients with decreased hand function and reduce pain and improve outcomes. Participants will be recruited from 3 different clinics in central Kentucky.
Study details
- Official title
- Virtual Reality in Hand Therapy Effectiveness and Implementation
- Conditions
- Distal Radius Fracture
- Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome
- Flexor Tendon Rupture
- Interventions
- Other: Virtual Reality Exercises
- Sponsor
- Timothy Uhl
- Collaborators
- University of Kentucky; Commonwealth Hand and Physical Therapy
- Organization
- University of Kentucky
- Start date
- 2022-05-16
- Primary completion
- 2023-07-19
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 99 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- United States
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Attending hand therapy for rehabilitation of an upper extremity injury with a diagnosis of distal radius fracture, complex regional pain syndrome or tendon ruptures 2. Must be in an active exercise phase of rehabilitation Exclusion Criteria: 1. Not in a phase in their rehabilitation in which they can perform active exercises 2. Having arm injury due to a neurological disorder (stroke, Multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury, other) 3. Non-English speaking 4. Patient reporting a history of severe claustrophobia or motion sickness
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05188040