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Virtual Rehabilitation Innovations for Motivation

NCT04430673 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 10

Last updated 2022-05-11

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Children and young people with movement difficulties such as Cerebral Palsy (CP) and Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) report that traditional therapies are highly repetitive and labourious. This influences enjoyment and participation in regular therapy programmes and may result in reduced adherence to therapy or exercise regimes, limiting effectiveness. This study will build on the team's previous work to explore the potential use of Virtual-Reality (VR) technologies in rehabilitation; particularly systems that can be used at home to increase accessibility and reduce need to attend clinics for therapy. During the co-production events of the VR4REHAB Inter Regional North West Europe (NWE) funded programme in 2018, young people desired the use of commercial games for therapeutic purposes. This work has enabled connections between affordable computer technologies: the Raspberry Pi, VR headsets and freely available commercial games.

This 2-Phased project is therefore exploring the potential of commercially available virtual reality (VR) systems consoles and games for use in rehabilitation programmes. The Investigators hope to gain information on:

1. Whether commercially produced VR games can provide a motivating environment to support adherence to therapy
2. Whether it is possible to improve reaching and grasp-release hand movements through this method
3. Gain an understanding of the ages of children and young people most likely to benefit from home-based VR therapy User evaluation and performance data and therapist evaluations will be collected and compared to baseline data to provide information on usability, accessibility, acceptability and adaptability.

Conditions

  • Virtual Rehabilitation
  • CP (Cerebral Palsy)
  • Brain Injuries
  • Young Adult
  • Children

Interventions

OTHER

Home-School based VR system trial

Commercially available VR games operated Raspberry pi micro computer and Oculus Quest VR headsets provided for 2 weeks at dose and intensity selected by participants.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Interreg

    collaborator OTHER

  • Royal Free Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Research and Development Manager · Research Sponsor

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
10 Years
Max Age
30 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-02-22
Primary Completion
2021-05-30
Completion
2021-06-30

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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