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Use of an Interactive Video Game as Part of a New Amputee Rehabilitation Program

NCT01131819 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 8

Last updated 2018-05-30

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Purpose: The investigators wish to determine if a rehabilitation program for subjects with new, trans-tibial amputations that has the balance portion of the program augmented by the use of the Nintendo Wii fit ™ balance board improves their performance.

Hypothesis: The investigators hypothesize that subjects will benefit from the use of the device and that this will manifest as an improvement on outcome measures.

Conditions

  • Below Knee Amputation

Interventions

DEVICE

Nintendo Wii fit ™ balance board

Nintendo Wii fit ™ balance board will be introduced for a period of at least 20 minutes but not greater than 30 minutes per day to all the subjects for a minimum of 6 times in two weeks and a maximum of 18 times in 6 weeks.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of British Columbia

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • William C. Miller, PhD · University of British Columbia

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
19 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-05-31
Primary Completion
2011-06-30
Completion
2012-09-30

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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