COMPARING EFFECTS OF NINTENDO EXERGAMING TO A NO INTERVENTION CONTROL GROUP

Conditions

• Autistic Youth, Nintendo Exergaming Group, No Intervention Control Group

Eligibility Criteria

Sex

ALL

Age

5 Years - 30 Years

Healthy Volunteers

Not accepted

Interventions

• Nintendo Switch Exergaming — BEHAVIORAL
  Each exergaming intervention session included RingFit warm-up, RingFit Adventure Games to target multiple motor domains including body coordination, strength, and endurance and the Nintendo Switch Sports virtual sports targeted body coordination and visuomotor skills.

Study Details

This is a pilot randomized clinical trial to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability, and preliminary outcomes of delivering a Nintendo Switch exergaming (NE group) intervention in a group of autistic youth with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) between 5 and 30 years compared to an age-matched, no intervention control group of autistic youth (Control group) .

Key Dates

First listed

Jul 22, 2026

Start date

May 2, 2023

Status verified

Jul 2026

Primary completion

Mar 26, 2024

Completion

Mar 26, 2024

Study Design

Enrollment

30 participants (actual)

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Arms

• Experimental: Nintendo Switch Exergaming
  This group received 8 weeks of Nintendo Switch Exergaming Intervention @ 2 days per week for 45-60 minutes per session. Pretests and posttests were completed before and after this period.
• No Intervention: No Intervention Control Group
  This group received 8 weeks of business as usual control period. Pretests and posttests were completed before and after this period.

Primary Outcome Measure

Bruininks Oseretsky Test of Motor Performance [ Time Frame: Pretest and posttests were conducted within 2 weeks before or after intervention, respectively. ]

Locations (1)

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