NCT03219112

Training Balance Control in Children With Cerebral Palsy Using Virtual Reality Games

Training Balance Control Using Virtual Reality Games in Children With Cerebral Palsy and Typically Developing Children

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (actual)
• Sponsor: University Ghent · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 8 Years – 12 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

In this study the clinical relevance of the use of commercially available virtual reality games in the rehabilitation of balance will be assessed in children with cerebral palsy. It will be investigated how different commercially available platforms (i.e. Xbox One + Kinect and Nintendo Wii + balance board) will affect the compensations of children with cerebral palsy to preserve their balance. The effect of 1 training session will be assessed as well as the effect of a long-term training of 8 weeks.

Conditions

• Cerebral Palsy, Spastic

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Balance rehabilitation using X-box One & Kinect	the virtual reality games (Kinect sports rivals) can be controlled with movements of the body that are registered through the kinect camera.

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-08-25
• Primary completion: 2017-10-01
• Completion: 2017-12-01
• First posted: 2017-07-17
• Last updated: 2019-04-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Belgium