Assessment and Telerehabilitation of Cognitive and Motor Skills in Children With Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (Tablet Project)

Summary

The development and application of new technologies to support functional assessment and rehabilitation pathways for neurodevelopmental disabilities allow the evaluation and enhancement of cognitive, motor, and speech abilities within a more playful and motivating context. In fact telerehabilitation programs foster access to rehabilitative services and permit the delivery of a wide range of neuropsychological, motor, speech and communication interventions, even for patients unable to frequently attend a clinical institution (distance from the hospital, parental work employment, etc.), by overcoming geographic barriers. In this scenario, new technologies guarantee significant time- and cost-saving, shortening hospitalization and delivering the rehabilitative process at home, in a more ecological context (American Telemedicine Association, 2017) therefore enforcing the generalization of the achieved competences. Another great advantage provided by using innovative technologies in clinical practice to foster therapies tailored to patient's needs concerns both the possibility of collecting comprehensive and accurate quantitative data, thus supporting a better intervention monitoring, and of offering multi domain activities, also integrating peripheral devices (i.e. sensors). Using innovative technologies in clinical practice also give the possibility to propose neuropsychological and motor activities in a playful and motivating context, thus enhancing participation and enjoyment, especially for the pediatric population, while maintaining high levels of efficiency. Such telerehabilitation pathways allow to increase dosage and intensity of the intervention and ensure caregivers' involvement in the rehabilitation process. This multicenter study aims to assess the feasibility of using technological systems, primarily validated in the adult population, in children with congenital and acquired disabilities by administering ad-hoc questionnaires.

Conditions

• Neurodevelopmental Cognitive, Motor and Speech-language Disabilities

Interventions

DEVICE

Telerehabilitation VRRS

Telerehabilitation programs delivered at home, aiming to improve cognitive, motor and/or speech-language skills, through VRRS - Khymeia or Niurion devices. Such technologies are equipped with a wide library of activities to be performed also with the use of peripheral sensors. A one-shot assessment is also proposed to children admitted to institutes adhering to the project in order to understand the feasibility of the use of such devices. Ad hoc feasibility questionnaire are administered at the end of the one shot session and after the home training to the main stakeholders (children, families, clinicians)

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi Onlus

  collaborator OTHER

• IRCCS Eugenio Medea

  collaborator OTHER

• Oasi Research Institute-IRCCS

  collaborator OTHER

• Ospedale Pediatrico Bambin Gesù

  collaborator OTHER

• IRCCS San Raffaele Roma

  collaborator OTHER

• IRCCS National Neurological Institute "C. Mondino" Foundation

  collaborator OTHER

• IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino Pulejo

  collaborator OTHER

• Istituto Giannina Gaslini

  collaborator OTHER

• Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS

  collaborator OTHER

• Fondazione I.R.C.C.S. Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta

  collaborator OTHER

• IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele

  collaborator OTHER

• IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna

  collaborator OTHER

• IRCCS Fondazione Stella Maris

  lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation

NA

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age

4 Years

Max Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2020-09-30

Primary Completion

2024-06-30

Completion

2024-06-30

Countries

• Italy

Study Locations