Examination of Virtual Supermarket (Vmall) as an Assessment of Executive Functions in Children and Adolescents With Acquired Brain Injury

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00425958

Enrollment

Registered

2007-01-24

Start date

2006-04-30

Completion date

2006-09-30

Last updated

2007-09-26

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Conditions

Brain Injuries

Keywords

year and more after TBI, good vision, at least one functinal hand, cap[able od doing shopping during everyday life

Brief summary

The purpose of this research is to find whether or not there are differences in the executive functions during shopping in a virtual mall, between children with Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) vs healthy children. The hypothesis is that there will be differences in time (more time to shop) and mistakes (more mistakes during shopping), in the ABI group.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Time perspective

OTHER

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

8 Years to 16 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* children with ABI * at least a year after injury * who have been discharged from hospital and back home

Exclusion criteria

* children with learning disabilities former to injury * visual disabilities or developmental disabilities

Countries

Israel

Outcome results