Virtual reality could transform walking rehab for amputees
NCT ID NCT05635799
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study explores how virtual reality (VR) can be used to evaluate and improve walking in people with lower limb amputations. Researchers will test VR tolerance in 25 healthy volunteers and 25 amputees by having them walk on flat ground and slopes in a virtual environment. The goal is to see if VR is safe and well-tolerated, potentially leading to better rehabilitation methods.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- virtual reality
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could point toward safer, more effective rehabilitation methods for lower limb amputees using virtual reality.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study with only 50 participants, focused on tolerance rather than treatment effectiveness. Results may not apply to all amputees.
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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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70 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Apr 2023
- Finished
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Nov 2025
- 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 to 80 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Inclusion Criteria: Healthy volunteers: * Person who has given oral consent * Male or female over the age of majority, \< 80 years * Person able to understand simple commands, conditioning instructions Amputee patients: * Person who has given oral consent * Male or female over the age of majority, \< 80 years * Patients with unilateral transfemoral or transtibial amputation of the lower limb of any origin (traumatic, vascular, congenital or neoplastic) with a definitive device. * Patients with stable locomotion with aids, without technical aids * Person able to understand simple orders, conditioning instructions Exclusion Criteria: Healthy Volunteers: * Person who is not affiliated or not a beneficiary of a social security system * Person subject to a legal protection measure (curatorship, guardianship) * Person subject to a legal protection measure * Pregnant, parturient or breastfeeding woman * Major incapable or unable to express his consent * Minor * Person with locomotor disorders (orthopedic, neurological, vascular, cardiac...) and/or balance disorders that may significantly alter walking * Person with a contraindication to wearing a virtual reality helmet (uncontrolled epilepsy, wound of an area that the helmet would cover, severe ophthalmological disorders etc.) Amputee patients: * Person who is not affiliated or not a beneficiary of a social security plan * Person under legal protection (guardianship, trusteeship) * Person subject to a legal protection measure * Pregnant, parturient or breastfeeding woman * Major incapable or unable to express his consent * Minor * Person with locomotor disorders (orthopedic, neurological, vascular, cardiac...) other than amputation that may significantly alter walking * Persons with contraindications to wearing a virtual reality helmet (uncontrolled epilepsy, wounds in an area that the helmet would cover, severe ophthalmological disorders, etc.) * Patients unable to participate in a group interview (qualitative study only)
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Chu Dijon Bourgogne
Dijon, 21000, France