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Digital therapeutics using virtual reality-based visual perceptual learning for visual field defects in stroke: A double-blind randomized trial.
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Brain and behavior [Brain Behav] 2024 May; Vol. 14 (5), pp. e3525. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Introduction: Visual field defects (VFDs) represent a debilitating poststroke complication, characterized by unseen parts of the visual field. Visual perceptual learning (VPL), involving repetitive visual training in blind visual fields, may effectively restore visual field sensitivity in cortical blindness. This current multicenter, double-blind, randomized, controlled clinical trial investigated the efficacy and safety of VPL-based digital therapeutics (Nunap Vision [NV]) for treating poststroke VFDs.<br />Methods: Stroke outpatients with VFDs (>6 months after stroke onset) were randomized into NV (defective field training) or Nunap Vision-Control (NV-C, central field training) groups. Both interventions provided visual perceptual training, consisting of orientation, rotation, and depth discrimination, through a virtual reality head-mounted display device 5 days a week for 12 weeks. The two groups received VFD assessments using Humphrey visual field (HVF) tests at baseline and 12-week follow-up. The final analysis included those completed the study (NV, n = 40; NV-C, n = 35). Efficacy measures included improved visual area (sensitivity ≥6 dB) and changes in the HVF scores during the 12-week period.<br />Results: With a high compliance rate, NV and NV-C training improved the visual areas in the defective hemifield (>72 degrees <superscript>2</superscript> ) and the whole field (>108 degrees <superscript>2</superscript> ), which are clinically meaningful improvements despite no significant between-group differences. According to within-group analyses, mean total deviation scores in the defective hemifield improved after NV training (p = .03) but not after NV-C training (p = .12).<br />Conclusions: The current trial suggests that VPL-based digital therapeutics may induce clinically meaningful visual improvements in patients with poststroke VFDs. Yet, between-group differences in therapeutic efficacy were not found as NV-C training exhibited unexpected improvement comparable to NV training, possibly due to learning transfer effects.<br /> (© 2024 The Authors. Brain and Behavior published by Wiley Periodicals LLC.)
- Subjects :
- Humans
Double-Blind Method
Male
Female
Middle Aged
Aged
Learning physiology
Vision Disorders etiology
Vision Disorders rehabilitation
Vision Disorders therapy
Vision Disorders physiopathology
Visual Fields physiology
Stroke complications
Stroke therapy
Stroke physiopathology
Visual Perception physiology
Virtual Reality
Stroke Rehabilitation methods
Stroke Rehabilitation instrumentation
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 2162-3279
- Volume :
- 14
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Brain and behavior
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 38773793
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1002/brb3.3525