Useability of the robot ZORA in pediatric rehabilitation

Useability of a humanoid robot to increase the motivation to perform physical activity in typical developing children and hospitalized children in neutropenia

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN16603570

Enrollment

100

Registered

2017-01-11

Start date

2015-10-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2017-08-28

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Conditions

Childhood cancer with neutropenia (i.e. low concentration of neutrophils in the blood). Cancer

Interventions

The protocol of the study comprises 2 parts: Part 1 includes about 90 healthy typical children from the elementary school “De Vierklaver” in Temse, Belgium. Per grade (from kindergarten until the six

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Children with cancer 1. 3 to 15 years old 2. Hospitalized at the pediatric cancer ward of the Ghent University Hospital 3. In neutropenia (i.e. low concentration of neutrophils in the blood) Children without cancer 1. 4 to 13 years old 2. In an elementary school in Flanders, Belgium (BS De Vierklaver, Temse)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Insufficient knowledge of the Dutch language 2. Does not understand the instructions 3. Unable to perform the movements 4. No signed informed consent

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Motivation, using Again Again table immediately after each exercise session. Three different aspects if motivation were measured: 1.1. How many times does the participants want to repeat the exercise 1.2. How much fun did they experience 1.3. Compared to the other exercises, where do they rank this exercise 2. Degree of fun experienced, assessed using the Smileyometer immediately after each exercise session. The Smileyometer is a visual analogue scale based on a 1 to 5 Likert scale using smileys developed for children 3. Most fun exercise session, assessed using the Funsorter once all exercise sessions were completed. Each child was asked to rank the conditions (A, B, C, D) from “least fun” (at the left of the grid) to “most fun” (at the right of the grid) on an empty grid	—

Measure

Time frame

Motivation, using Again Again table immediately after each exercise session. Three different aspects if motivation were measured: 1.1. How many times does the participants want to repeat the exercise 1.2. How much fun did they experience 1.3. Compared to the other exercises, where do they rank this exercise 2. Degree of fun experienced, assessed using the Smileyometer immediately after each exercise session. The Smileyometer is a visual analogue scale based on a 1 to 5 Likert scale using smileys developed for children 3. Most fun exercise session, assessed using the Funsorter once all exercise sessions were completed. Each child was asked to rank the conditions (A, B, C, D) from “least fun” (at the left of the grid) to “most fun” (at the right of the grid) on an empty grid

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Countries

Belgium

Contacts

Public ContactPieter Meyns

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026