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

Bezmialem Vakif University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Postural Balance

Treatments: Other: exercises

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03142087

mtanriverdi88

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full 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.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 6 to 18 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 6-18 years of children
• brain tumor

Exclusion criteria

• have any conditions with exercises
• neurological and musculoskeletal disorders

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

virtual reality exercises

Active Comparator group

Description:

Nintendo Wii Fit Plus Game Console is used in these group. The one session included:warm-up exercises in 5-10 minutes, games (soccer heading, ski jump, ski slalom, etc.) in 30-40 minutes, and cooling exercises in 5 minutes.

Treatment:

Other: exercises

conventional exercises

Active Comparator group

Description:

Physiotherapy and rehabilitation session included: warm-up exercises in 5-10 minutes, balance exercises (balance board, balance ball, two and one leg stand exercises, weight bearing exercises, balance in different type of surfaces, etc.) in 30-40 minutes, and cooling exercises in 5 minutes.

Treatment:

Other: exercises