Status:

UNKNOWN

ExerG: Video Game-based Physical Cognitive Training for Patients: a Usability Study

Lead Sponsor:

Frank Behrendt

Collaborating Sponsors:

Innosuisse - Swiss Innovation Agency

Conditions:

Gait Disorders, Neurologic

Gait Disorders in Old Age

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Video game-based training programs, in the following referred to as "exergames" are an innovative digital training approach to simultaneously train physical and cognitive functions and increase traini...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Primary end users:
  • in-/ or outpatients of the Reha Rheinfelden
  • Ability to speak and comprehend German and to understand the digitally transmitted training instructions
  • Body height ≥ 160 cm or ≤ 200 cm according to hardware specifications
  • Body weight ≤ 120 kg
  • Able to execute the movements of the video game-based training (being able to transfer from a sitting to a standing position and maintain the standing position without assistance for ≥ 2 minutes)
  • Secondary end users:
  • therapists (physiotherapist, occupational therapist, sport scientist, sport therapist, psychologists) working in the area of rehabilitation and prevention
  • ≥ 21 years of age
  • Bachelor's degree (scientists) or completed education as therapist

Exclusion

  • Primary end users
  • Cognitive impairment as defined by a Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) score of ≤ 18
  • Severe visual, neurological, cardiorespiratory, psychiatric, or orthopedic impairments which reduce the person's capability of following the instructions or to play the game
  • Recently occurred epileptic seizures (in the past 3 months)
  • Recent surgery/fractures/surgical interventions/joint replacement and malignancy (in the past 3 months)
  • Physical conditions in which a correct wearing of the Safety harness is not possible or could cause pain or health problems (e.g. skin lesions, open wounds, known pregnancy, severe osteoporosis)
  • Joint contractures (e.g. shoulder, knee, hip) that could lead to limitations during end-user evaluation of the ExerCube.
  • Severe neurologic illness (e.g., strong epilepsy, advanced parkinson's syndrome, condition after severe stroke)
  • Severe psychiatric illness (e.g., pronounced paranoid states, severe depression)
  • Terminal illness (prognosis \< 12 months)

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

May 16 2023

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

October 31 2023

Estimated Enrollment :

20 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT05967078

Start Date

May 16 2023

End Date

October 31 2023

Last Update

August 1 2023

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Reha Rheinfelden

Rheinfelden, Canton of Aargau, Switzerland, 4310