Validation of a 3D Instrumented Serious Game to Evaluate Upper Limb Impairments in Children With Neuromotor Disorders

Launched by UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, GENEVA · Jan 8, 2025

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ClinConnect Summary

This clinical trial is studying a new 3D serious game designed to help assess how well children with neuromotor disorders, like cerebral palsy or brain injuries, can move their arms. The researchers want to find out if this game can accurately measure upper limb movements and if it is more engaging and enjoyable for children compared to traditional assessment methods. They will compare the results of children with neuromotor disorders to those of typically developing children to see how well the game works.

To participate, children need to be between 5 and 13 years old and have a non-progressive neurological condition that affects their movement but allows them to grasp objects. Children who are typically developing can also join if they meet the age requirement. Participants will come to the hospital for one or two visits, where they will play the new game and undergo some assessments. This trial is not yet recruiting participants, but it aims to offer valuable insights into how we can better understand and treat upper limb impairments in children.

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ALL

Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Children with NMD
• • Informed Consent signed by the subject
• • Aged from 5 to 13 years,
• • Non-progressive neurological lesions (cerebral palsy, stroke, traumatic brain injury, etc.),
• • With sufficient grasp ability to perform the 3D protocol tasks (MACS level I to III),
• • TD children
• • Informed Consent signed by the subject
• • Aged from 5 to 13 years,
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Children with neuromotor disorders
• • inability to follow the procedures of the investigation because of severe cognitive or visual disturbances,
• • upper limb (UL) disorders that may affect movement (fractures less than 6 months prior to participation, pain (visual analogic score (VAS) score \> 0), etc.).
• • previous UL surgery, and botulinum toxin injections less than three months prior to participation,
• • TD children
• • Inability to follow the procedures of the investigation because of severe visual disturbances,
• • UL disorders that may affect movement (fractures less than 6 months prior to participation, pain (VAS score \> 0), etc.).