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Project Falcon: Exploring a Virtual Reality-based Video Game for Young People With Cerebral Palsy

NCT04298411 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 14

Last updated 2020-03-06

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study seeks to 1) adapt a low-cost controller, the Novint Falcon, and a set of video games that would provide rehabilitative feedback for young people with cerebral palsy, and 2) explore feasibility of the Falcon system and it's effect on upper limb and hand function.

Conditions

  • Cerebral Palsy

Interventions

DEVICE

Falcon

The Falcon contains a selection of 25+ games that require wrist extension and challenges children to grasp the controller with their affected hand. As children progress, they may advance to more difficult games that challenge the child to work against a resistance and/or apply greater grip forces. Therapists will be trained on the system, games, and given a guide summarizing the available games and the motor function areas targeted in the game. Using this guide, therapists can choose the games that are most suited to the child's abilities and goals. As multiple games will target many of the same motor function areas, children will have the option of choosing the games they like best to maximize motivational value. While this introduces some variability in the intervention, this flexibility is required to ensure that the therapy is targeting the specific interests, needs and goals of each individual child and is reflective of how ICP is used in a clinic setting.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Elaine Biddiss, PhD · Holland Bloorview Kid's Rehabilitation Hospital

  • Jean-Sébastien Roy, PT, PhD · Laval University

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
7 Years
Max Age
16 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-01-01
Primary Completion
2018-10-30
Completion
2019-06-01

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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