NCT04403464

Effect of a New Interactive Device on the Motor and Functional Abilities of Children With Bilateral Cerebral Palsy

The Effect of Using a New Interactive Device Based on Motor Skill Learning Principles on the Motor and Functional Abilities of Children With Bilateral Cerebral Palsy

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Université Catholique de Louvain · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 5 Years – 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Recent research has shown that interventions with assistive technologies lead to an improvement in the motor and functional abilities of children with cerebral palsy (CP). REAtouch® is a new interactive interface based on motor skill learning principles. Its efficiency during intensive motor skill learning interventions has never been tested in children with bilateral cerebral palsy. Therefore, the study aims to investigate the efficiency of using a virtual reality tool to provide a motor skill learning intervention in a randomized trial.

Detailed description

Recent research has shown that interventions with assistive technologies could lead to an improvement in the motor and functional abilities of children with cerebral palsy (CP). However they usually miss the functional motor skill learning qualities to match the changes observed in high intensity motor skill learning based interventions.REAtouch® is a new interactive interface based on motor skill learning principles that could be implemented in intensive interventions. Therefore, the study aims to investigate the effects of intensive interventions with or without the interface on the motor and functional abilities of children with bilateral CP.

Conditions

• Cerebral Palsy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	HABIT-ILE with REAtouch®	65h HABIT-ILE including 30h REAtouch®
BEHAVIORAL	HABIT-ILE without REAtouch®	65h HABIT-ILE

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-05-26
• Primary completion: 2022-11-20
• Completion: 2022-12-20
• First posted: 2020-05-27
• Last updated: 2022-06-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Belgium