Status:
COMPLETED
Virtual Reality Therapy and Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Cerebral Palsy.
Lead Sponsor:
University of Sao Paulo
Conditions:
Cerebral Palsy
Eligibility:
All Genders
5-15 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
A double-blinded randomized controlled crossover trial will be conducted, and all participants will undertake non-immersive VR tasks and tDCS-active or tDCS-sham. Group 1 will start with ten sessions ...
Detailed Description
Study design A double-blinded randomized controlled crossover trial will be conducted, and all participants will undertake non-immersive VR tasks and tDCS-active or tDCS-sham. Group 1 will start with ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Agreement to participate in the research from their selves and their legal guardians (by signing assent form and consent form);
- Have a clinical diagnosis of CP done by a neuropediatric clinician with non- progressive etiology;
- GMFCS levels I to IV;
- MACS I and IV.
Exclusion
- Lack of understanding of the the tasks. The understanding of the task will be evaluated through five attempts of each task in VR, because even with low IQ a large part of the adolescents can understand virtual tasks and interact with improvement of performance;
- Motor difficulties that impede the completing of the virtual tasks;
- Cardiac diseases (because of the HRV assessment).
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 20 2019
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
August 1 2019
Estimated Enrollment :
20 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04044677
Start Date
January 20 2019
End Date
August 1 2019
Last Update
August 7 2019
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School of Arts, Sciences and Humanities of the University of Sao Paulo
São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, 03828000