NCT04819126

Nintendo Wii Virtual Reality Application In Dementia

Nintendo Wii Virtual Reality Application In Older People With Alzheimer's Dementia

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 32 (actual)
• Sponsor: Kırıkkale University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

•This study was planned to investigate the effects of the Nintendo Wii virtual reality application on muscle strength and fall risk in individuals with AD. The aim of the present study is to investigate the effect of the virtual reality application on muscle strength and fall in individuals with Alzheimer' Dementia (AD).

Detailed description

Purpose: This study was planned to investigate the effects of the Nintendo Wii virtual reality application on muscle strength and fall risk in individuals with AD. Method: The study included a total of 32 volunteers between the ages of 65-80, with mild or moderate AD diagnosed. These individuals were divided into 2 groups as a training group and control group. The training group was trained with games from different categories such as balance and aerobic exercises with a Nintendo Wii virtual reality device 2 times a week for a period of 6 weeks, with 1 session lasting for 30 minutes. Mini-Mental State Test, Knee Extension Muscle Strength, Timed Up and Go Test, Tinetti Falls Efficacy Scale results of individuals were recorded in the evaluation.

Conditions

• Age-Related Memory Disorders

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Nintendo Wii Virtual Reality Application	The training group was trained with games from different categories such as balance and aerobic exercises with a Nintendo Wii virtual reality device 2 times a week for a period of 6 weeks, with 1 session lasting for 30 minutes.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-01-15
• Primary completion: 2018-06-06
• Completion: 2019-01-15
• First posted: 2021-03-26
• Last updated: 2021-03-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)