Comparison Between Custom and Non-custom Serious Games Poststroke (SeriousGames)

University Rehabilitation Institute, Republic of Slovenia

Status: Completed

Conditions: Stroke

Treatments: Behavioral: Serious games

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06463730

URIS202402

Details and patient eligibility

About

Serious games for rehabilitation are delivered through systems that are either customised or non-customised. Custom serious games allow for control of feedback, setting of game speed and difficulty, while non-custom games are less adaptable but provide attractive graphics and sounds. The study compared the activity intensity and user experience of persons after stroke while playing custom and non-custom virtual reality balance games that were both game- and self-paced.

Full description

Persons in chronic phase poststroke will play 12 games (6 self- and 6 game-paced games) over two sessions (in randomised order). Within each game-type, custom and non-custom games will be played in random order. All games will be played on a balance board, whereby each pair of a custom and non-custom game will require comparable movement directions of the center of pressure. The custom system will be compared to the non-custom system in terms of number of repetitions, movement amplitude, users' enjoyment, flow state, likeability and perception of exertion.

Enrollment: 27 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• chronic phase (>6 months) after stroke
• ability to walk with supervision or independently with or without walking aid on flat ground or all surfaces
• stable health condition
• ability to follow simple instructions

Exclusion criteria

• additional neurological condition
• musculoskeletal impairments that would interfere with execution of the required tasks or completing the questionnaires

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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27 participants in 4 patient groups

Self-paced first, non-custom first

Experimental group

Description:

Order of interventions: self-paced non-custom games, self-paced custom games, game-paced non-custom games, game-paced custom games

Treatment:

Behavioral: Serious games

Self-paced first, custom first

Experimental group

Description:

Order of interventions: self-paced custom games, self-paced non-custom games, game-paced custom games, game-paced non-custom games

Treatment:

Behavioral: Serious games

Game-paced first, non-custom first

Experimental group

Description:

Order of interventions: game-paced non-custom games, gam-paced custom games, self-paced non-custom games, self-paced custom games

Treatment:

Behavioral: Serious games

Game-paced first, custom first

Experimental group

Description:

Order of interventions: game-paced custom games, game-paced non-custom games, self-paced custom games, self-paced non-custom games

Treatment:

Behavioral: Serious games