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The Effect of Video Game Exercise on Dynamic Balance and Gait in Individuals With Huntington's Disease

A

Anne Kloos

Status

Completed

Conditions

Huntington's Disease

Treatments

Other: hand-held video game
Other: Video game exercise using Dance Dance Revolution

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT01735981
2008H0109

Details and patient eligibility

About

To examine the benefits of using a video-game, Dance, Dance, Revolution, as an exercise modality to improve gait and balance in individuals with Huntington's disease.

Full description

The primary purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of a therapist-guided Video-game Biofeedback Modulated Exercise (ViBE) program administered via Dance Dance Revolution to improve dynamic balance, gait and mobility in individuals with Huntington's Disease. Secondary aims were to explore whether the ViBE intervention would improve quality of life, fall risk, and neuropsychological functions. The investigators hypothesized that the video-game program would lead to greater improvements in walking, dynamic balance, quality of life, fall risk, and neuropsychological function than a control handheld video game program. Since motivation is essential to the long-term maintenance of an exercise program the investigators were also interested in finding out how successful people with Huntington's Disease were at playing Dance Dance Revolution, what their perceptions were of playing the game, and whether they thought that it was beneficial

Enrollment

24 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 79 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • adults 18 - 79 with a diagnosis of Huntington's disease

Exclusion criteria

  • cannot walk 10 feet without assistance, any other neurologic condition

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Non-Randomized

Interventional model

Crossover Assignment

Masking

Single Blind

24 participants in 2 patient groups

video game exercise
Experimental group
Description:
Video game exercise using Dance Dance Revolution
Treatment:
Other: Video game exercise using Dance Dance Revolution
Other: hand-held video game
control
Other group
Description:
hand-held video game control
Treatment:
Other: Video game exercise using Dance Dance Revolution
Other: hand-held video game

Trial contacts and locations

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