NCT03689764

Video Game-based Exercise for Persons With Parkinson's Disease

Effects of Interactive Video Game-based Exercise on Balance of Persons With Parkinson's Disease

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 24 (actual)
• Sponsor: Taipei Medical University Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 40 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study assessed the effects of interactive video game-based exercise (IVGB) on balance in persons with Parkinson's disease . Twenty-four patients were randomly allocated to two groups (12 participants per group). Group A underwent IVGB training for the first 6 weeks, with no exercise in the subsequent 6 weeks. Group B had no exercise for the first 6 weeks and then received IVGB training in the subsequent 6 weeks. Both subjective and objective measures were used to determine whether IVGB exercise improves balance function.

Detailed description

The experiments were conducted as a prospective, randomized, single blinded, crossover, 12-week trial. The group A undergoes the IVGB training in the initial 6 weeks (intervention phase), follows by suspended from exercise in the subsequent 6 weeks (control phase). The group B does not received treatment in the first 6 weeks (control phase), and then performs IVGB training in the following 6 weeks (intervention phase). For all participants, The 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36), Modified Falls Efficacy Scale (MFES), Berg Balance Scale (BBS), Multidirectional reach test (MDRT) and Maximum step length (MSL) test were assessed at weeks 0, 6, and 12 of the experiment.

Conditions

• Parkinson Disease

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	interactive video game-based exercise	Twenty-four patients were randomly allocated to two groups (12 participants per group). Group A received interactive video game-based exercise training for the first 6 weeks, with no intervention in the subsequent 6 weeks. Group B had no intervention for the first 6 weeks and then underwent interactive video game-based exercise training in the subsequent 6 weeks.
OTHER	no intervention	Twenty-four patients were randomly assigned to two groups (12 participants per group). Group A received interactive video game-based exercise training for the first 6 weeks, with no intervention in the subsequent 6 weeks. Group B had no intervention for the first 6 weeks and then underwent interactive video game-based exercise training in the subsequent 6 weeks.

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-06-01
• Primary completion: 2017-10-01
• Completion: 2019-01-15
• First posted: 2018-09-28
• Last updated: 2019-10-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Taiwan