Virtual reality could help amputees walk better
NCT ID NCT06424249
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study compares virtual reality training to standard treadmill walking for improving balance in people who have lost a leg below the knee. Twenty participants will be assigned to one of two groups. The goal is to see if the high-tech approach leads to better stability and walking patterns.
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 rehabilitation
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a more effective way to help amputees regain balance and walk more confidently.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small, early-stage study with only 20 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The virtual reality approach may not be better than standard rehab.
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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 20 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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Dec 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 to 80 years
- 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: * Unilateral transtibial amputees in hospitalized in the rehabilitation of the musculoskeletal system service * All etiologies: vascular, traumatic and septic. * Adapted vascular equipment validated by physician. * Able to walk for 5 minutes on a treadmill without technical assistance. * The patient must have given their free and informed consent and signed the consent form * The patient must be a member or beneficiary of a health insurance plan Exclusion Criteria: * The subject is participating in an interventional study or one involving a drug or medical device, or is in a period of exclusion determined by a previous study * Patient already included in the present study. * The subject refuses to or is unable to sign the consent * It is impossible to give the subject informed information * The patient is under safeguard of justice or state guardianship * Patients with uncorrected or untreated visual disorders. * Patients with major cognitive disorders (MOCA\>23). * Patients with vestibular disorders. * Patient with uncontrolled epilepsy. * Patient with an unhealed amputation stump. * Patients weighing \> 135kg or \< 20kg. * Patients with a functional ambulation category of 1 (i.e. patients requiring the firm, continuous assistance of another person to carry their weight and maintain their balance) or less. * Patients with medication affecting exercise tolerance, * Patients with sensory impairments * Patients with significantly reduced bone density * Patients for whom it is impossible to correctly adjust the harness to the corresponding body part due to: * Body shape * Colostomy bags * Skin lesions that cannot be adequately protected. * Any other reason that prevents proper, pain-free adjustment of the sling. * Pregnant, parturient or breast-feeding patients. * Appearance of a stump wound during the study requiring discharge. * Patient with more than 50% absenteeism from rehabilitation sessions. * Patient requiring a new prosthesis insert. * Patient with a serious adverse event affecting dynamic balance rehabilitation.
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How to take part
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHU de Nimes
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGNîmes, France
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CHU de Nîmes, Hôpital du Grau du Roi
RECRUITINGLe Grau-du-Roi, 30240, France
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