Clinical trial NCT02504385: The Effect of Virtual Reality on Motor Functioning and Participation Abilities Among Children With DCD
Official title: The Effect of Timocco's Virtual Reality Environment on the Motor Functioning and Participation Abilities Among Children With DCD
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Phase: NA
Conditions: Developmental Coordination Disorder
Lead sponsor: Clalit Health Services
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Timocco Ltd
First posted: 2015-07-21
Enrollment: 30
Sex: MALE
Minimum age (years): 4
Maximum age (years): 6
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The subjet of this study is to explore the effect of using virtual reality environment at the clinic and at home (using Timocco) on the motor and participation abilities of children with DCD (Developmental Coordination Disorder).

The study will examine the efficacy of using virtual reality gaming environment (Timocco) for treating children with DCD and the use of remote therapy, by shifting the focus of therapy from the clinic to the home environment, using the remote control system of Timocco for home practice.

Detailed description: The efficacy of using VR (Virtual Reality) as a therapeutic tool as an integral part of Occupational Therapy intervention will be examined in this study. The study will be conducted in two stages: the first will be conducted at the Child Development Center of the Clalit HMO (Health Maintenance Organization), and the second will take place in the child's home.

The first intervention will take approximately 8 to 10 weeks, during which eight data collection sessions will be conducted, each of 45 minutes duration.

The study group will integrate the use of Timocco in occupational therapy sessions while the control group will be given conventional occupational therapy without using Timocco.

In the second intervention, the study group will be given access to the virtual-reality environment of Timocco to be used at home, and will not include therapy sessions at the Child Development Center. An assessment before and after intervention will be held for both groups for comparison.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Children,
* native Hebrew speakers, between the ages of 4 and 6 diagnosed with DCD.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Children with complicated special needs (e.g., limited cognitive abilities, CP, ASD),
* children who received occupational or physical therapy interventions in the last 12 months.

Primary outcomes:
measure: The score in Motor and participation assessments (Henderson, S. & Sugden, D. 1992)
timeFrame: up to 18 weeks
measure: Score in Timocco virtual reality system (number of wrong moves; Correct moves;response time)
timeFrame: up to 18 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
measure: DCD-Q (BN. Wilson, BJ. Kaplan, SG. Crawford and G. Roberts, 2009)
timeFrame: up to 18 weeks
measure: Participation questionnaire (Yarus, 2010)
timeFrame: up to 18 weeks
measure: DTVP-2 (developmental test of visual perception, 1993))
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Satisfaction questionnaire
timeFrame: up to 18 weeks
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