NCT03353974

Video Games Therapy on Balance and Cognitive Functions in Mild to Moderate Impaired Multiple Sclerosis Patients.

The Role of Video Games Therapy on Balance and Cognitive Functions in Mild to Moderate Impaired Multiple Sclerosis Patients. A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 48 (actual)
• Sponsor: University Hospital of Ferrara · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is often characterized by the presence of balance and cognitive impairments. Cognitive functions play a key role in balance control. Simultaneously performing cognitive tasks decreases walking and balance ability (Dual-Task cost). Rehabilitative treatment of patients with MS does not have to consider separately the motor and cognitive aspects. Video-Game Therapy (VGT) is a novel tool that allows a multimodal training approach. VGT typically provides augmented feedback during training that can contribute to learning motor skills. The main objective of this exploratory study will be to test the effects of a commercially available VGT on balance and cognitive function in ambulatory MS patients compared to a standardized balance platform training (BPT). Secondary, we will explore the effects of VGT and BPT on other domains that are usually impaired in MS population and that can be improved by motor rehabilitation, such as psychological well-being, fatigue and Quality of Life.

Conditions

• Multiple Sclerosis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Video game therapy	Video game therapy will be delivered with a commercial video game console (X-Box 360 Kinect, Microsoft, Inc., Redmond, WA).
DEVICE	Balance platform therapy	Balance/rebalancing, postural stability and weight-shifting exercises with and without visual feedback will be administered using a balance platform (Biodex Medical Systems, Inc., Shirley, NY).

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-12-01
• Primary completion: 2022-10-01
• Completion: 2022-10-01
• First posted: 2017-11-27
• Last updated: 2023-11-22

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: Italy