The Effect of Virtual Reality Exercises on Balance in Children With Brain Tumors

NCT ID: NCT03142087

Last Updated: 2018-01-05

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 30 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2017-03-21
• Study Completion Date: 2018-01-01

Brief Summary

30 patients with brain tumor will be included in the study between the ages of 6 and 18 who have undergone surgery. Patients included in the study will be randomly assigned to two groups. The study group will be included in the Nintendo Wii Fit Plus Balance Game exercise program under the supervision of a physiotherapist for 2 days per week for 8 weeks. The control group will be taken to the conventional exercise program under the supervision of a physiotherapist for 2 days a week, 1 hour a day. The assessments will be made before the exercise program begins and at the end of the 8th week. Patients' physical measurements were assessed by anthropometric evaluations, muscle strength measurement, pain Visual Analogue Scale, walking Observational Walking Analysis, Balanced Pediatric Functional Range Test, Timed Up and Go (TUG) and one foot standing test and Nintendo Wii Fit Plus Balance Assessment, Functional capacity 2 min. With Walking Test, fatigue with PedsQL Multidimensional Fatigue Scale, daily life activities will be evaluated with WeeFIM.

Detailed Description

In our pediatric rehabilitation policlinic we have seen that these children has problems in balance and coordination from cause muscle weakness and cerebral-sensory-proprioceptive problems. We have evaluated with all parameters belong the physiotherapy and rehabilitation measurements and then planning this study with study protocol.

Conditions

Postural Balance

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: DOUBLE

Study Groups

virtual reality exercises

Nintendo Wii Fit Plus Game Console is used in these group. The one session included:warm-up exercises in 5-10 minutes, games (soccer heading, ski jump, ski slalom, etc.) in 30-40 minutes, and cooling exercises in 5 minutes.

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

exercises

Intervention Type: OTHER

exercise

conventional exercises

Physiotherapy and rehabilitation session included: warm-up exercises in 5-10 minutes, balance exercises (balance board, balance ball, two and one leg stand exercises, weight bearing exercises, balance in different type of surfaces, etc.) in 30-40 minutes, and cooling exercises in 5 minutes.

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

exercises

Intervention Type: OTHER

exercise

Interventions

exercises

exercise

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• 6-18 years of children
• brain tumor

Exclusion Criteria

• have any conditions with exercises
• neurological and musculoskeletal disorders

• Minimum Eligible Age: 6 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Bezmialem Vakif University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Müberra TANRIVERDİ

lecturer, PT, MSc, PhD (c)

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Müberra Tanrıverdi, PT, MSc

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Bezmialem Vakif University

Locations

Bezmialem Vakıf University

Istanbul, , Turkey (Türkiye)

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Other Identifiers

mtanriverdi88

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id