Prospective Pilot Study of Multi-actor Tolerance Evaluation Using the VIRARE Device (VIrtual Reality Assisted Rehabilitation) in Visually Impaired Patients

Prospective Pilot Study of Multi-actor Tolerance Evaluation Using the VIRARE Device (VIrtual Reality Assisted Rehabilitation) in Visually Impaired Patients

Our study aims to validate the relevance of a virtual reality tool (VIRARE: VIrtual REality Assisted Rehabilitation) in the assessment and rehabilitation of visually impaired subjects.

Inclusion Criteria:

• The patient signed the consent form
• The patient is affiliated to a health insurance programme
• The patient presents ophthalmological or neurological pathologies with impact on visual function (retinopathy pigmentosa, macular dystrophy, glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration, cerebrovascular accident ...).
• The patient is visually impaired (visual acuity less than 3/10 of both eyes or concentric narrowing of the Goldmann binocular visual field or homonymous hemianopia) of category I, II, III or IV of the WHO classification.

Exclusion Criteria:

• The patient is participating in another study
• The patient is in an exclusion period determined by another study
• The patient is under safeguard of justice.
• The patient is under judicial protection.
• It is not possible to give the patient (or his/her trusted-person) informed information.
• The patient is pregnant or breastfeeding.
• The patient has a sensory or cognitive disability with a given scale (MMS < 24)
• The patient has difficulty moving including major locomotor difficulties.