Effects of Nintendo Wii Balance Board in Children With Cerebral Palsy

Cerebral Palsy Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effects of Nintendo Wii Balance Board in Children With Cerebral Palsy

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05464004
• Other study ID #: REC/RCR & AHS/22/0706
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: October 15, 2021
• Est. completion date: June 25, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: July 2022
• Source: Riphah International University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

I wan to check the effects of Nintendo Wii balance board therapy in children with CP.

Description:

Evaluate the effects of Nintendo Wii balance board therapy in combination with conventional physical therapy.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 24
• Est. completion date: June 25, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: May 15, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 7 Years to 14 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• children with age of 7-14 years. No history of falls. children able to stand independently. delays in gait development.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Children with hemiplegic CP. Comorbidities. children with lower limb contractures. hearing disorders. children with epilepsy.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cerebral Palsy

Intervention

Other:
• Nintendo Wii balance board
Experimental group was given Nintendo Wii balance board therapy in combination with conventional physical therapy for 16 sessions/8 weeks Control group was conventional physical therapy which include stretching of the hamstrings, quadriceps and calf muscles. strengthening of the lower limb. Balance exercises include walk in parallel bar

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Pakistan	Rising Sun Institute	Lahore	Punjab

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Riphah International University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Pakistan, 

References & Publications (4)

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Novak I, Morgan C, Fahey M, Finch-Edmondson M, Galea C, Hines A, Langdon K, Namara MM, Paton MC, Popat H, Shore B, Khamis A, Stanton E, Finemore OP, Tricks A, Te Velde A, Dark L, Morton N, Badawi N. State of the Evidence Traffic Lights 2019: Systematic Review of Interventions for Preventing and Treating Children with Cerebral Palsy. Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep. 2020 Feb 21;20(2):3. doi: 10.1007/s11910-020-1022-z. — View Citation

Rosenbaum P, Paneth N, Leviton A, Goldstein M, Bax M, Damiano D, Dan B, Jacobsson B. A report: the definition and classification of cerebral palsy April 2006. Dev Med Child Neurol Suppl. 2007 Feb;109:8-14. Erratum in: Dev Med Child Neurol. 2007 Jun;49(6):480. — View Citation

Woollacott MH, Shumway-Cook A. Postural dysfunction during standing and walking in children with cerebral palsy: what are the underlying problems and what new therapies might improve balance? Neural Plast. 2005;12(2-3):211-9; discussion 263-72. Review. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Effects of Nintendo Wii balance board in children with CP	Changes from the baseline. it was designed to measure the balance issues in children with pediatric balance scale and pediatric forward reach test. it consist of 14 items and total score of 56	8th week