Video-game Based Therapy in Cerebral Palsy

Gaziantep Islam Science and Technology University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cerebral Palsy

Treatments: Other: Conventional physiotherapy; Other: Video-game based therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05846542

GIBTU-FTR-DGK-3

Details and patient eligibility

About

The video-based therapy applications; will be applied in a non-three-dimensional (with desktop screen) way. In this application, there are different types of exercise programs that will work the upper extremity movements. The video-based therapy applications will be applied to individuals with Cerebral Palsy (CP) who will be included in the study with the Xbox Kinect 3600 (Microsoft, Washington, USA) device.

This study was planned to examine the effect of video-based therapy on upper extremity selective motor control and proprioception in individuals with Cerebral Palsy.

Full description

Spastic CP will be participate the study between the ages of 4 and 18 years. Children's classified with GMFCS and MACS. The eligible participants will be allocated two groups, including video-game based therapy group and conventional physiotherapy control group. All the assessments will be performed before and after the therapy in the 8-week therapy groups.The control group individuals will be given a conventional physiotherapy two days per week for a total of 8 weeks (conventional physiotherapy session will last 45 minutes). The video-game based therapy group will receive a conventional physiotherapy and video-game based therapy, two days a week for a total of 8 weeks (15 minutes conventional physiotherapy session+30 minutes video-game based therapy). All sessions will be performed in the clinic with the specialist physiotherapist.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 4 to 18 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnosis of Cerebral Palsy voluntary participation,
• Age between 4-18 years
• GMFCS Level I-II-III
• MACS Level I-II-III

Exclusion criteria

• Not voluntary to participate in the research,
• Botox in the last 6 months,
• Upper limb or spine surgeries in the last 6 months

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

Video-game based therapy group

Experimental group

Description:

The video-game based therapy group will receive a conventional physiotherapy and video-game based therapy, two days a week for a total of 8 weeks (15 minutes conventional physiotherapy session+30 minutes video-game based therapy).

Treatment:

Other: Conventional physiotherapy

Other: Video-game based therapy

Conventional physiotherapy group

Active Comparator group

Description:

The conventional physiotherapy group individuals will be given a conventional physiotherapy two days per week for a total of 8 weeks (conventional physiotherapy session will last 45 minutes).

Treatment:

Other: Conventional physiotherapy