Video game therapy helps kids move better at home
NCT ID NCT04510857
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a virtual reality program called MOVE-IT that kids with hemiplegia (one-sided arm weakness) can use at home. 25 children participated to see if the VR exercises improve hand and arm function better than usual care. The goal was to make therapy more engaging and accessible.
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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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25 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jun 2022
- Finished
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Jun 2024
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
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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4 to 14 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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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: * Diagnosis of hemiplegia resulting from cerebral palsy, stroke, or other form of brain injury; * Medically stable; * Participant has antigravity strength in the affected UE at the elbow to at least 45 degrees of active flexion; * Participant has antigravity shoulder strength in the affected UE to at least 30 degrees each in active flexion, abduction/adduction, and 15 degrees in active internal/external rotation when in an upright and seated position; * Participant has ability to perform a basic color-matching test and identify characters on a vision chart; * Participant must be available to attend study visits during an approximately 3-week participation period; * Willingness and ability to comply with scheduled visits and study procedures. Exclusion Criteria: * History of uncontrolled seizures; * Has received another form of intensive UE therapy, such as CIMT, within the prior 6 months; * Unwillingness or inability to understand or follow verbal directions; * Diagnosis of moderate to severe cortical-visual impairment that in the judgement of the Principal Investigator could adversely impact the subject's participation; * Psychological diagnosis that in the determination of the Principal Investigator could significantly impact subject's participation or that could be aggravated by study participation; * Determination that participation would result in over exertion, or significant discomfort or pain; * Determination that participation would result in significant agitation or elevated stress; * Visual field deficit in either eye that impairs the ability to view the computer monitor.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Duke University
Durham, North Carolina, 27705, United States
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University of Virginia (UVA)
Charlottesville, Virginia, 22908, United States
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