The Effect of Virtual Reality Exercises on Balance in Children With Brain Tumors

NCT03142087 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: mtanriverdi88
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 30
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

30 patients with brain tumor will be included in the study between the ages of 6 and 18 who have undergone surgery. Patients included in the study will be randomly assigned to two groups. The study group will be included in the Nintendo Wii Fit Plus Balance Game exercise program under the supervision of a physiotherapist for 2 days per week for 8 weeks. The control group will be taken to the conventional exercise program under the supervision of a physiotherapist for 2 days a week, 1 hour a day. The assessments will be made before the exercise program begins and at the end of the 8th week. Patients' physical measurements were assessed by anthropometric evaluations, muscle strength measurement, pain Visual Analogue Scale, walking Observational Walking Analysis, Balanced Pediatric Functional Range Test, Timed Up and Go (TUG) and one foot standing test and Nintendo Wii Fit Plus Balance Assessment, Functional capacity 2 min. With Walking Test, fatigue with PedsQL Multidimensional Fatigue Scale, daily life activities will be evaluated with WeeFIM.

Conditions

Postural Balance

Keywords

balance; brain tumor; virtual reality

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• the effects of virtual reality exercises evaluating with Nintendo Wii Fit Plus on balance

  Nintendo Wii Fit Plus Game Console evaluation parameters which are percentage of weight bearing and central of gravity

  change from baseline balance at 8 weeks

Study Arms (2)

virtual reality exercises

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Nintendo Wii Fit Plus Game Console is used in these group. The one session included:warm-up exercises in 5-10 minutes, games (soccer heading, ski jump, ski slalom, etc.) in 30-40 minutes, and cooling exercises in 5 minutes.

Other: exercises

conventional exercises

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Physiotherapy and rehabilitation session included: warm-up exercises in 5-10 minutes, balance exercises (balance board, balance ball, two and one leg stand exercises, weight bearing exercises, balance in different type of surfaces, etc.) in 30-40 minutes, and cooling exercises in 5 minutes.

Other: exercises

Interventions

exercises OTHER

exercise

conventional exercises; virtual reality exercises

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 6 Years - 18 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• years of children
• brain tumor

You may not qualify if:

• have any conditions with exercises
• neurological and musculoskeletal disorders

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Bezmialem Vakif University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Bezmialem Vakıf University

Istanbul, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Brain Neoplasms

Interventions

Exercise

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Central Nervous System Neoplasms; Nervous System Neoplasms; Neoplasms by Site; Neoplasms; Brain Diseases; Central Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Diseases

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Motor Activity; Movement; Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena; Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena

Study Officials

• Müberra Tanrıverdi, PT, MSc

  Bezmialem Vakif University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, INVESTIGATOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: lecturer, PT, MSc, PhD (c)

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 31, 2017
• First Posted: May 5, 2017
• Study Start: March 21, 2017
• Primary Completion: January 1, 2018
• Study Completion: January 1, 2018
• Last Updated: January 5, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-01

Locations

TU (1)