The Effects of Game Based Exercise Training on Balance and Postural Control in Patients With Ataxia

Hacettepe University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Ataxia

Treatments: Other: Exercise Training; Other: Kinect + Exercise Training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03607058

KA-17049

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study was planned to investigate the effects of exercise training based on Microsoft Kinect application on balance and postural control in ataxic patients.

Full description

Patients who meet the inclusion criteria will be divided into two groups randomly: 'Kinect and exercise training' and 'exercise training'. The assessments will be made by a blind investigator four times, before and after the implementation of both protocols. The evaluations will take approximately 1 hour. The demographic information of the cases will be recorded. Designed as cross over study, two treatment protocols will be used in this study. The first protocol will be Xbox Kinect application plus exercise program, the second protocol will be only exercise program. At the beginning of the study, 2 groups will be allocated (Group A and Group B) randomly. For group A, the Xbox Kinect application plus exercise program will be applied for the first 8 weeks. For group B, only exercise program will be applied therapy first 8 weeks. All assessments will be repeated before and after each therapy period. Exercise program will consist of selected balance, coordination and walking exercises according to the individual needs of patients. After 10 weeks washout period, patients will be included in the other group. All patients will take the treatment 1-hour, 3 days in a week for 8 weeks.

Enrollment: 19 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 45 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Clinical diagnosis of ataxia
• Ataxic patients who are able to walk 25 m independently
• Ataxic patients who had a Mini Mental Test Score of 24 points and over;

Exclusion criteria

• Clinical diagnosis of systemic problems (Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension)
• Clinical diagnosis of cognitive impairment
• Patients who have fallen at least once in the last 6 months
• Patients who had Berg Balance Scale score of 40 points and below

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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19 participants in 2 patient groups

Kinect + Exercise Training

Active Comparator group

Description:

Xbox Kinect and exercise training will be applied together for 8 weeks. Selected balance, coordination and walking exercises according to the individual needs of patients. A treatment session in this arm will consist of Kinect games for 40 minutes and exercise training for 20 minutes. In this arm, patients will play each game as two repetitions. Each game lasts about 3-4 minutes, and patients will be seated for resting between the games. After 10 weeks washout period only exercise training will be applied for 8 weeks.

Treatment:

Other: Kinect + Exercise Training

Exercise Training

Active Comparator group

Description:

Exercise training will be applied for 8 weeks. Selected balance, coordination and walking exercises according to the individual needs of patients. After 10 weeks washout period exercise training and Xbox Kinect will be applied together for 8 weeks.

Treatment:

Other: Exercise Training