VR-based Remote Rehabilitation for Pediatric ABI

Libra At Home

Status

Completed

Conditions

Acquired Brain Injury

Treatments

Device: LibraVR

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Industry

Identifiers

NCT05052905

041-21

Details and patient eligibility

About

The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of an at-home program of VR-based vestibular and oculomotor rehabilitation on improving postural stability, ocular motility and activities of daily living for children with mild to severe ABI

Enrollment

2 patients

Sex

All

Ages

8 to 18 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

They are ALYN patients undergoing physiotherapy for mild to severe ABI;
They experience symptoms of vestibular function such as vertigo, postural instability, or impaired ocular motility;
They are between the ages of 8 and 18;
The time since injury/event is between 10 days and 1 year after the injury/event;
They are able to maintain stable and dynamic positioning of the head;
They able to walk with or without assistive equipment, or use a wheelchairs with no need for head support, defined by a LSS (level of sitting scale) score of 3 or greater (scale range: 1-8);
Are able to understand basic instructions;
Have sufficient visual acuity and visual field to identify and track mid-size objects on a screen.

Exclusion criteria

Psychological, neurological or cognitive disorders which could impede participation, such as a history of epileptic seizures;
Untreated benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV);
Are in early post-operative stages (to avoid risk of bleeding or cerebrospinal fluid leak);
Hearing impairment.