Status:

RECRUITING

Virtual Reality Rehabilitation for Shoulder Pathologies

Lead Sponsor:

La Tour Hospital

Conditions:

Shoulder Instability

Frozen Shoulder

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Most rehabilitation protocols require patients to train the affected limbs with high regularity, following repetitive cycles of exercises, in order to recover mobility and strength. Nonetheless, the r...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Adult patients able to understand the content of the patient information / consent form and give consent to take part in the research project
  • Glenohumeral instability surgical treated with traumatic initial instability in a \< 20 years old athlete, recurrent instability with one or more of the following criteria: a failure of conservative treatment, locked dislocation, failed prior surgery, high risk for further recurrence (i.e. collision or competitive athletes), Critical glenoid bone-loss (\>15-20%), bipolar bone-loss resulting in "off-track" lesion
  • Partial or complete rotator cuff repair with an indication to postoperative rehabilitation depending on surgeon recommendation
  • Idiopathic, primary, or secondary frozen shoulder

Exclusion

  • Patients with a language barrier hindering questionnaires completion
  • Patients unlikely to attend clinical follow-up (e.g. when living abroad)
  • Legal incompetence
  • Enrolment of the investigators, his/her family members, employees and other dependent persons
  • Non-motivated patients
  • Active infection
  • Exclusion criteria related to glenohumeral instability: uncontrolled epilepsy, spontaneous unidirectional instability in a hyperlax patient, multidirectional instability, elher-Danlos syndrome
  • Exclusion criteria related to rotator cuff tears: Additional procedure(s) (muscle transfer, patch,…)
  • Exclusion criteria related to VR use: Patients with a predisposition to motion sickness, Patients suffering from epilepsy or having any serious mental illness (schyzophrenia, neurological problems, etc.), Patients with visual impairment , Patients will intellectual disability that prevent them to understand how to use the VR rehabilitation system, Patients with bilateral upper limb injuries, as one side is needed as healthy reference

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 28 2024

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

June 28 2025

Estimated Enrollment :

15 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06963983

Start Date

October 28 2024

End Date

June 28 2025

Last Update

May 9 2025

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La Tour hospital

Meyrin, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland, 1217