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

Postural Balance Clinical Trial

Official title:

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

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03142087
• Other study ID #: mtanriverdi88
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: March 31, 2017
• Last updated: January 4, 2018
• Start date: March 21, 2017
• Est. completion date: January 1, 2018

Study information

• Verified date: January 2018
• Source: Bezmialem Vakif University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial 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.

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 30
• Est. completion date: January 1, 2018
• Est. primary completion date: January 1, 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 6 Years to 18 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• 6-18 years of children

• brain tumor

Exclusion Criteria:

• have any conditions with exercises

• neurological and musculoskeletal disorders

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Brain Neoplasms
• Postural Balance

Intervention

Other:
• exercises
exercise

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Bezmialem Vakif University	Istanbul

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Bezmialem Vakif University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	the effects of virtual reality exercises evaluating with Nintendo Wii Fit Plus on balance	Nintendo Wii Fit Plus Game Console evaluation parameters which are percentage of weight bearing and central of gravity	change from baseline balance at 8 weeks