Video game rehab boosts muscle power in rare muscle disease
NCT ID NCT06968819
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether a virtual reality-based robot-assisted exercise program helps people with inflammatory myopathy (a muscle disease causing weakness) more than standard physical therapy. 33 adults trained 5 times a week for 4-6 weeks using either robotic devices or standard exercises. Researchers measured muscle strength, endurance, and psychological distress to see if the high-tech approach leads to better recovery.
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Study facts
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- 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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33 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2025
- Finished
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Mar 2026
- Lead sponsor
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A research network
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * age ≥ 18 y.o, * meeting the Bohan/Peter criteria for myositis or the ENMC criteria for immune-mediated necrotising myopathy and for inclusion body myositis, * reduced muscular strength defined by ≤ 64/80 result in MMT-8 and/or ≤ 7/10 result in MMT in ≥ 1 proximal muscle group Exclusion Criteria: * severe cardiopulmonary diseases, * concurrent malignancies, * severe psychiatric disorders * injuries and comorbidities preventing exercise participation
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation
Warsaw, Poland
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