Motor Function Assessment and VR-based Motor Training in Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorder

NCT ID: NCT07134569

Last Updated: 2026-01-12

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: RECRUITING
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 200 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2023-12-15
• Study Completion Date: 2027-07-31

Brief Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if autism affect motor functions, including muscle strength, balance, and motor control? Additionally, understanding the motor functions, cognitive functions, and brain activation in individuals with autism, and verifying whether motor training can effectively improve muscle strength, balance, and motor control. The main questions aim to answer are:

[primary hypothesis or outcome measure 1]? [primary hypothesis or outcome measure 2]? If there is a comparison group: Researchers will compare [arm information] to see if [insert effects].

Participants will [describe the main tasks participants will be asked to do, interventions they'll be given and use bullets if it is more than 2 items].

Conditions

Autism

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NON_RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Autism

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

VR-based motor training

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Six weeks, twice per week.

Typically developing control

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

VR-based motor training

Six weeks, twice per week.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• young adult aged between 18 and 45 years who had a diagnosis of ASD from a licensed mental health or medical professional based on DSM-5.
• was motivated to complete the 6-week VR-based motor function training.
• had a full-scale IQ > 70 on the WAIS-IV.

• young adult aged between 18 and 45 years who do not have a diagnosis of ASD.
• had a full-scale IQ > 70 on the WAIS-IV.

Exclusion Criteria

• a history of major mental illness (e.g., bipolar affective disorder, schizophrenia, or psychosis), neurological diseases (e.g., stroke, lumbar radiculopathy, or spinal cord injury) that hamper walking function, or neurosurgery.
• visual impairment and/or hearing impairment that would preclude participation in motor assessment or training.

• The Non-ASD control group

• a history of major mental illness (e.g., bipolar affective disorder, schizophrenia, or psychosis), neurological diseases (e.g., stroke, lumbar radiculopathy, or spinal cord injury), or neurosurgery that hamper walking function.
• visual impairment and/or hearing impairment that would preclude participation in motor assessment or training.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 45 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

National Taiwan University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Locations

National Taiwan University Hospital

Taipei, , Taiwan

Site Status: RECRUITING

Countries

Taiwan

Central Contacts

Yi Ling Chien, Clinical Professor

Role: CONTACT

ntuh.peers@gmail.com

+886 2-23123456 ext. 266013

Facility Contacts

Yi Ling Chien, Clinical Professor

Role: primary

ntuh.peers@gmail.com

+886 2312 3456 ext. 266013

Other Identifiers

202311005RINC

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id