Motor Learning Through Virtual Reality Task in Individuals With Down Syndrome

Down Syndrome Clinical Trial

Official title:

Motor Learning Through Virtual Reality Task in Individuals With Down Syndrome

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02719600
• Other study ID #: 1033/03
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: March 3, 2016
• Last updated: March 24, 2016
• Start date: March 2015
• Est. completion date: March 2016

Study information

• Verified date: March 2016
• Source: University of Sao Paulo
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Brazil: National Committee of Ethics in Research
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Background: Down syndrome (DS) has unique physical, motor and cognitive characteristics. Despite cognitive and motor difficulties, there is a possibility of intervention based on the knowledge of motor learning. However, it is important to study the motor learning process in individuals with DS during a virtual reality task to justify the use of virtual reality to organize intervention programs. The aim of this study was to analyze the motor learning process in individuals with DS during a virtual reality task. Methods: A total of 40 individuals participated in this study, 20 of which were with DS (24 males and 8 females, ranging between 11-28 yrs.) and 20 typically developing individuals matched by age and gender to the individuals with DS. To examine this issue, we used software that uses 3D images and reproduced a coincidence timing task.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 40
• Est. completion date: March 2016
• Est. primary completion date: March 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 11 Years to 28 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• medical diagnosis of DS and the ability to understand the task.

Exclusion Criteria:

• disorders in cognitive function that would prevent comprehension of the experimental instruction

Study Design

Allocation: Non-Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Health Services Research

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Down Syndrome
• Syndrome

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Virtual reality
Evaluation of observational motor learning using virtual reality

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Sao Paulo

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Motor Learning test by using a timing coincident task in virtual reality	Improvement on their performance, by reaching the task with precision	four months	No