How Much Virtual Reality Intervention Improve the Balance of Patients With Cerebral Palsy

Sponsor
Yeditepe University
Study ID
NCT06769178
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Cerebral Palsy

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - 30 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • Virtual Reality based — OTHER
    Participants will receive treatment by a specialist physiotherapist for a total of 16 sessions, 2 days a week on non-consecutive days for 8 weeks. Both groups will receive neurodevelopmental treatment (NGT) for 16 sessions. While the control group will receive traditional balance training in each session, the VR group will play virtual reality-based games.

Study Details

The purpose of this clinical study is to investigate how effective virtual reality applications are in adult cerebral palsy rehabilitation. The main questions it aims to answer are: Do virtual reality interventions (of Becure Balance and Becure Wesense Systems) improve balance and is this improvement reflected in the clinic? Is there a change in brain functional resting state networks after virtual reality interventions?

Key Dates

First listed
Jan 10, 2025
Start date
Jan 23, 2026
Status verified
Jul 2026
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2026
Completion
Jul 31, 2027

Study Design

Enrollment
24 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER

Arms

  • Experimental: Serious Game Group
    BecureBalance and WesenseSystems will be used.Games'll be chosen to improve balance and empowerment,and game levels will be adjusted according to the condition of the participants.Balance Adventure is a game that involves transferring weight in 4 directions.At level 1,the goal is to reach the exit by collecting all the stars. At level 3,the goal is to collect stars on a moving surface and move the ball without dropping it.Balance Surf game is played with weight transfer from right to left and forward.The aim of the game is to earn points by steering the surfboard on the screen,collecting stars and gift wrap objects.Sizing Ball and Aerobat games are played by connecting a wearable sensor to the muscle group that the participants want to exercise.By calibrating this sensor, we can assume the angle we want is 0,and when more than the angle we set is made,movement will be revealed in the game.For this,lower extremity muscles will be exercised with these games by wearing a resistance band.
  • Other: Control Group
    Participants in the control group will receive a total of 16 sessions of structured NGT-based exercise applications prepared by the researchers.For this, involving balance and strengthening'll be applied, focusing mainly on lower extremity movements. For warm-up exercises, trunk rotation, shoulder rotation, hip rotation and toe-to-toe elevation and descent'll be performed for 10 minutes.Strengthening exercises'll mostly focus on the lower extremity muscles.These exercises'll be practiced for 20 minutes, and the participants'll be given the following exercises while the weight is tied. Each exercise'll be done in 2 sets of 10 repetitions.Balance exercises'll be practiced statically and dynamically for 20 minutes with 2 sets of 10 repetitions.

Primary Outcome Measure

Muscle Strength Assessment [ Time Frame: up to 8 weeks ]

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