Active Navigation Training

Istituto Auxologico Italiano32 enrolled

Overview

Pilot testing and development of an immersive virtual reality system for spatial navigation training in mild cognitive impairment syndrome.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Mild Cognitive Impairment Spatial Navigation

Interventions

CAVEOTHER

The training is designed to train spatial navigation and memory and in particular egocentric and allocentric processes

TAUOTHER

This is the usual care used to train visuospatial processes

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 60 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * clinical diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment * absence of severe cognitive deterioration as assessed by the Italian version of the MMSE (Magni et al. 1996) * age ≥ 60 Exclusion Criteria: * the presence of acute stroke/transient ischemic attack; * the presence of other concomitants severe neurological/psychiatric diseases; * history of traumatic brain injury with loss of consciousness; * physical/functional deficits that could affect the use of immersive virtual reality; * severe visual deficiency; * the presence of recurrent vertigo.

Locations (1)

Cosimo Tuena

Milan, Lombardy, Italy