Effects of Virtual Reality on Cerebral Palsy

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Cerebral Palsy

• Registration Number: NCT04768374
• Lead Sponsor: Hacettepe University

Brief Summary

Virtual reality (VR), is one of the most popular approaches to Cerebral Palsy (CP) rehabilitation and has been used in rehabilitation field for 30 years. VR is provided via a computer or a game console, and players interact with real-like objects . Using a VR interface as a rehabilitation tool increases the fun received by the client which, in turn, increases the participation of the client to the rehabilitation sessions.

This is a study that focused on long-term effects of Virtual reality (VR) intervention on motor skills and activities of daily living (ADL) independence of children with CP.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-01-05
• Primary Completion: 2020-03-15
• Study Completion: 2020-03-20
• Status Verified: 2021-02
• Study First Submitted: 2021-02-20
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-02-22
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-02-22
• Study First Posted: 2021-02-24
• Last Update Posted: 2021-02-24

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 83

Inclusion Criteria

• had to be 7 to 12 years-old,
• to be diagnosed with CP,
• to get 1 or 2 from Gross Motor Functioning Classification System,
• to get a score of 1 to 3 from Manual Ability Classification System,
• to score at least 23 from Mini Mental State Examination - children edition,
• to be able to follow verbal instructions, and
• to have the

Exclusion Criteria

• having any surgical operation and/or botulinum toxin injection in last 6 months,
• having any visual and hearing diseases that may affect using VR, and
• participating in any other rehabilitation programs (such as physiotherapy, speech therapy, psychotherapy etc.),
• having ataxic and/or dyskinetic symptoms.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in motor proficiency( assessed with Bruninsk-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency 2-Brief Form (BOT2-BF))	Baseline, 12th week (end of intervention), 24th and 36th week(follow up)	BOT2-BF is a test that evaluates motor proficiency and allows therapists to compare results with specified norm values
Change in Independence in Activities of Daily living (assessed with Abilhand-kids)	Baseline, 12th week (end of intervention), 24th and 36th week(follow up)	ABILHAND-Kids is a scale that was developed to evaluate activities of daily living (ADL) requiring upper limb usage of children aged between 6-15 years

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Hacettepe University; 🇹🇷 Ankara, Altındağ, Turkey