Clinical trial · Interventional
The Effect of Virtual Reality Exercises on Balance in Children With Brain Tumors
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
30 patients with brain tumor will be included in the study between the ages of 6 and 18 who have undergone surgery. Patients included in the study will be randomly assigned to two groups. The study group will be included in the Nintendo Wii Fit Plus Balance Game exercise program under the supervision of a physiotherapist for 2 days per week for 8 weeks. The control group will be taken to the conventional exercise program under the supervision of a physiotherapist for 2 days a week, 1 hour a day. The assessments will be made before the exercise program begins and at the end of the 8th week. Patients' physical measurements were assessed by anthropometric evaluations, muscle strength measurement, pain Visual Analogue Scale, walking Observational Walking Analysis, Balanced Pediatric Functional Range Test, Timed Up and Go (TUG) and one foot standing test and Nintendo Wii Fit Plus Balance Assessment, Functional capacity 2 min. With Walking Test, fatigue with PedsQL Multidimensional Fatigue Scale, daily life activities will be evaluated with WeeFIM.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Postural Balance | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| exercises | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- virtual reality exercises
- description
- Nintendo Wii Fit Plus Game Console is used in these group. The one session included:warm-up exercises in 5-10 minutes, games (soccer heading, ski jump, ski slalom, etc.) in 30-40 minutes, and cooling exercises in 5 minutes.
- interventionNames
- Other: exercises
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- conventional exercises
- description
- Physiotherapy and rehabilitation session included: warm-up exercises in 5-10 minutes, balance exercises (balance board, balance ball, two and one leg stand exercises, weight bearing exercises, balance in different type of surfaces, etc.) in 30-40 minutes, and cooling exercises in 5 minutes.
- interventionNames
- Other: exercises
Primary outcomes (1)
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 6 Years
- Maximum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * 6-18 years of children * brain tumor Exclusion Criteria: * have any conditions with exercises * neurological and musculoskeletal disorders
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