Using Virtual Reality and Robotics Technologies for Vocational Evaluation, Training and Placement

NCT02498262 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: Ame2_Pro00013008
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 100
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Using Virtual Reality and Robotics Technologies for Vocational Evaluation, Training and Placement (VR4VR) is a project that incorporates Virtual Reality into job training to increase job opportunities for people who have physical or mental disabilities. The investigators are using Virtual Reality and robotics for job evaluation, training and placement of people with disabilities. The investigators' goal is to assess and train people in a safe, adaptable, and fun virtual environment similar to a video game. This is an interventional study with three target populations: autism spectrum disorder, traumatic brain injury, and severe mobility and manipulation impairments. The prototype system allows for a wide range of environments with the vocational evaluator easily controlling the virtual experience, while the job seekers interact realistically.

Conditions

Autism Spectrum Disorder; Traumatic Brain Injury

Keywords

Severe Mobility and Manipulation Impairments

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Improvement in composite score of performing the vocational tasks of shelving, cleaning, environmental awareness, loading back of a truck, money management and social skills.

  Completion of the training (maximum three months)

Study Arms (1)

Virtual Reality Training System

EXPERIMENTAL

Other: Virtual Reality System

Interventions

Virtual Reality System OTHER

The participants will use a virtual reality system that is like a large video game and complete some job skill tasks in the virtual world video game.

Virtual Reality Training System

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 60 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Adults of 18-60 years of age
• Participants must display the capacity to understand the objectives of each of the skill tasks below, that will take place in various virtual environments.
• Skill tasks:
• Cleaning skills such as vacuum cleaning, mopping and litter collection.
• Loading virtual boxes into back of a virtual truck using a haptic stick controller.
• Fulfilling orders and deliveries in a virtual warehouse with tangible boxes.
• Navigating to different checkpoints in an outdoor virtual environment.
• Money management skills such as recognizing coin and bill amounts, counting money and giving correct amount of change to virtual customers.
• Communicating with virtual characters.
• High, medium or low functioning with the ability to verbally communicate with the research team
• Being able to perform basic gestures such as extending arms and walking in place
• Participants will include individuals that have suffered a moderate to severe traumatic brain
• Participants must be deemed Rancho Los Amigos score of 7 or higher
• Being able to perform basic gestures such as extending arms and walking in place
• Persons with spinal cord injury, muscle dystrophy, multiple sclerosis or cerebral palsy

You may not qualify if:

• Children less than 18 years of age
• Adults older than 60 years of age
• Pregnant women
• Participants unable to control a joystick
• Participants unable to verbally communicate
• Participants unable to control a joystick
• Participants unable to verbally communicate
• Participants unable to control a joystick
• Participants unable to verbally communicate
• Participants unable to control a joystick

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of South Florida: lead
• Florida Department Of Education: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Rehabilitation Robotics & Prosthetics Testbed (RRT) Laboratory on the campus of the University of South Florida

Tampa, Florida, 33620, United States

Location

Related Publications (4)

• L. Bozgeyikli, E. Bozgeyikli, M. Clevenger, S. Gong, A. Raij, R. Alqasemi, S. Sundarrao, and R. Dubey, "VR4VR: Towards Vocational Rehabilitation of Individuals with Disabilities in Immersive Virtual Reality Environments," in proc. of Workshop on Virtual and Augmented Assistive Technologies (VAAT) at IEEE Virtual Reality 2014, Minneapolis, MN, April 2014.

  BACKGROUND

• E. Bozgeyikli, L. Bozgeyikli, M. Clevenger, A. Raij, R. Alqasemi, S. Sundarrao, and R. Dubey, "Poster: Design and Development of a Virtual Reality System for Vocational Rehabilitation of Individuals with Disabilities," IEEE Symposium on 3D User Interfaces 2014, Minneapolis, MN, April 2014.

  BACKGROUND

• L. Bozgeyikli, E. Bozgeyikli, M. Clevenger, S. Gong, A. Raij, R. Alqasemi, S. Sundarrao and R. Dubey, "Poster: A Virtual Reality System for Vocational Rehabilitation of Individuals with Disabilities," College of Engineering Research Day, Tampa, FL, November 2014.

  BACKGROUND

• E. Bozgeyikli, L. Bozgeyikli, M. Clevenger, A. Raij, R. Alqasemi, and R. Dubey, "Poster: A Virtual Reality System for Vocational Rehabilitation of Individuals with Disabilities," College of Engineering Research Day, Tampa, FL, November 2013.

  BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Autism Spectrum Disorder; Brain Injuries, Traumatic

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Child Development Disorders, Pervasive; Neurodevelopmental Disorders; Mental Disorders; Brain Injuries; Brain Diseases; Central Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Diseases; Craniocerebral Trauma; Trauma, Nervous System; Wounds and Injuries

Study Officials

• Redwan Alqasemi, Ph.D.

  University of South Florida

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 25, 2015
• First Posted: July 15, 2015
• Study Start: June 1, 2015
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2019
• Study Completion: December 1, 2020
• Last Updated: July 12, 2019

Record last verified: 2018-09

Locations

US (1)