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Serious Games for Serious Outcomes: Enhancing Cognition, Balance, and Quality of Life in Children With Cerebral Palsy

NCT07158424 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2025-09-05

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Summary

Children with cerebral palsy (CP) often face challenges with balance, movement, and skills such as memory, problem-solving, and attention. These difficulties can affect not only daily activities but also their quality of life. Rehabilitation usually focuses on physical therapy, but recent research shows that combining movement training with cognitive tasks may be even more effective.

What we are studying. This study is focused at whether serious games from the Vana Vital platform-that was specifically designed for rehabilitation-can improve balance, cognition, and quality of life in children with CP. These games are not ordinary video games: they were created to encourage children to move, focus, and solve problems at the same time (dual-tasking).

The expected benefits include:

* Better trunk control and stability.
* Improved memory, attention, and reasoning.
* Enhanced participation in daily life and overall well-being.

Takeaway. This study is exploring an innovative approach to rehabilitation: using technology and games not only to strengthen the body but also to train the mind. If successful, this method may provide a fun, effective, and family-friendly addition to traditional therapies for children with CP.

Conditions

  • Cerebral Palsy

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Serious games

Participants in the experimental groups engage in daily sessions of serious games from the Vana Vital Platform (Super Surfer, Hungry Woo, Paddle Waddle, Woo's Wonderful World Adventure). Each child will for 30 minutes per day over 10 training days.

PROCEDURE

Intensive rehabilitation

Participants receive their intensive rehabilitation program, which includes: 30 minutes of physical therapy (PT) 20 minutes of occupational therapy 5 minutes of spinal manipulative therapy 60 minutes of full-body massage with reflexotherapy 15 minutes of joint mobilization 15 minutes of treadmill gait training (with or without suspension) 15 minutes of strength training 30 minutes of group rhythmic gymnastics

PROCEDURE

Physical therapy

Participants receive an additional 30 minutes of physical therapy (PT)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hasselt University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Nataliya Hrabarchuk

    lead INDUSTRY

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
6 Years
Max Age
14 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-11-11
Primary Completion
2026-01-02
Completion
2026-01-02

Countries

  • Ukraine

Study Locations

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