Kids with chronic conditions walk stronger with VR at home
NCT ID NCT07021638
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a new home-based program that uses a special treadmill and virtual reality to help children with conditions like cerebral palsy, muscle diseases, or obesity improve their walking. About 30 children aged 6 to 17 will try the program at home for at least 3 sessions per week. The goal is to see if it's safe, doable, and helps their strength and daily activities.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 30 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Dec 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A government agency
The lead sponsor is a government body.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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6 to 17 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Patient aged 6 to 17 years at date of inclusion; * Able to walk for 5 minutes on a treadmill with or without body weight support, with or without technical aids; * Be able to understand and play virtual reality games (immersive or non-immersive); * Be able to answer questionnaires; * Patient affiliated to or benefiting from a social security scheme; * Informed consent, dated and signed by parents or guardians (if minors), to participate in the study; * Included in a care program specific to their chronic condition for at least 6 months; * Meet the following criteria depending on the group: PC group: * Diagnosis of CP * Functional level classified II or III according to the Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) * Rehabilitation goal: improvement of gait and/or gross motor function OB group: * Overweight or obese, defined by a BMI above the IOTF-25 percentile * Aim to increase daily physical activity * No history of hip pathology Group NM: * Diagnosis of one of the following neuromuscular pathologies: spinal muscular atrophy type 3, Duchenne disease, congenital myopathy or Charcot Marie Tooth. * Functional level of grade 2 to 6 on the Walton scale, or grade 3 to 7 on the Vignos scale * Rehabilitation goal: improvement of walking and/or gross motor skills Exclusion Criteria: * Patients weighing over 100 kg (due to the technical constraints of using the AMY mat). * For children aged 6 to 11: in connection with the immersive virtual reality device: problems with stereoscopic vision (perception of images in 3 dimensions), unstabilized epilepsy, facial trauma \< 3 months, hearing or visual impairment, pain, dizziness or nausea caused by using immersive virtual reality. * Patients who have undergone surgery in the last 3 months; * Patients who have received intramuscular botulinum toxin injections in the lower limbs or intensive therapy in the 3 months prior to inclusion; * Patient with a non-routine therapeutic program planned within 5 months that could lead to confusion with the tested program; * Patient with insufficient understanding of the French language; * Patient opposition (child or adolescent); * Persons deprived of liberty by judicial or administrative decision; * Persons under compulsory psychiatric care; * Persons under legal protection;
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Les Capucins
RECRUITINGAngers, France
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