Eye Recovery Automation for Post Injury Dysfunction
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Summary
This study will test a portable virtual reality (VR) system with integrated eye tracking called Virtual Eye Rotation Vision Exercises (VERVE). The proposed VERVE platform will deliver vergence therapy in an automated manner. This research will involve 30 non-traumatic brain injury (TBI) binocularly normal (BNC) Veterans and 50 post-traumatic convergence insufficiency (PTCI) Veterans who will undergo Active and Sham therapy (equally divided groups) to determine the effectiveness of VERVE vergence therapy.
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18–40 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Yes
Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI) Cohort Inclusion Criteria: 1. are aged 18 - 40; 2. have suffered a mTBI according to VA/Department of Defense (DoD) criteria with documented evidence of alteration of consciousness (AOC) \< 24 hours or loss of consciousness (LOC) less than 30 minutes; 3. were injured between 1 month and 15 years ago; 4. received a Glasgow coma scale (GCS) score of between 13 and 15 upon emergency department (ED) admission, if available; 5. experienced less than 24 hours of post-traumatic amnesia (PTA), if any; 6. have ongoing post-concussive symptoms as evidenced by a score…
Interventions
- DeviceVirtual Eye Rotation Vision Exercise (VERVE)
VERVE utilizes a virtual reality (VR) headset with integrated eye-tracking where the patient makes specific vergence eye movements by playing a VR game controlled by eye movements. Participants will be making convergence and divergence eye movements as steps and ramps.
- DeviceSham VR Therapy
VERVE game without changes in eye movement demands. Maximizing gameplay with no intervention.
Location
- New Mexico VA Health Care SystemAlbuquerque, New Mexico