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

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03142087

Enrollment

Registered

2017-05-05

Start date

2017-03-21

Completion date

2018-01-01

Last updated

2018-01-05

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Conditions

Postural Balance

Keywords

balance, brain tumor, virtual reality

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.

Detailed description

In our pediatric rehabilitation policlinic we have seen that these children has problems in balance and coordination from cause muscle weakness and cerebral-sensory-proprioceptive problems. We have evaluated with all parameters belong the physiotherapy and rehabilitation measurements and then planning this study with study protocol.

Interventions

OTHERexercises

exercise

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

DOUBLE (Subject, Investigator)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

6 Years to 18 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* 6-18 years of children * brain tumor

Exclusion criteria

* have any conditions with exercises * neurological and musculoskeletal disorders

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
the effects of virtual reality exercises evaluating with Nintendo Wii Fit Plus on balance	change from baseline balance at 8 weeks	Nintendo Wii Fit Plus Game Console evaluation parameters which are percentage of weight bearing and central of gravity

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026