Virtual reality could make stroke recovery more engaging
NCT ID NCT06641336
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a mixed-reality system called RehAtt to help people recover movement after a stroke. Ten participants with one-sided weakness will use the system for arm, walking, and balance exercises. Researchers will interview them to see if the system is easy, motivating, and useful. The goal is to understand if patients like it, not yet to prove it works.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- RehAtt mixed reality system
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could point toward a more engaging and effective way to do stroke rehabilitation at home or in clinics.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small, early study (10 people) focused only on patient opinions, not on measuring actual recovery. The results may not apply to all stroke survivors.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 10 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2024
- Expected to finish
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Oct 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * first ischaemic or hemorrhagic stroke, * one-sided hemiparesis, * adequate cognitive abilities. Exclusion Criteria: * severe cognitive impairment, * aphasia, * known presence of an epileptic seizure in the last year, * other orthopaedic and neurological diseases affecting sensory or motor functions, * inability to sit independently, * severe visual impairment, * severe depression.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University Rehabilitation Institute, Republic of Slovenia
RECRUITINGLjubljana, 1000, Slovenia
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