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Effect of a Home-Based Virtual Reality Intervention for Children with Cerebral Palsy Using Super Pop VR Evaluation Metrics: A Feasibility Study

Chen, Yuping
Garcia-Vergara, Sergio
Howard, Ayanna M.
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Objective. The purpose of this pilot study was to determine whether Super Pop VR, a low-cost virtual reality (VR) system, was a feasible system for documenting improvement in children with cerebral palsy (CP) and whether a home-based VR intervention was effective. Methods. Three children with CP participated in this study and received an 8-week VR intervention (30 minutes × 5 sessions/week) using the commercial EyeToy Play VR system. Reaching kinematics measured by Super Pop VR and two fine motor tools (Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency second edition, BOT-2, and Pediatric Motor Activity Log, PMAL) were tested before, mid, and after intervention. Results. All children successfully completed the evaluations using the Super Pop VR system at home where 85% of the reaches collected were used to compute reaching kinematics, which is compatible with literature using expensive motion analysis systems. Only the child with hemiplegic CP and more impaired arm function improved the reaching kinematics and functional use of the affected hand after intervention. Conclusion. Super Pop VR proved to be a feasible evaluation tool in children with CP.

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Originally published in: Chen, Y., Garcia-Vergara, S., & Howard, A. M. Effect of a home-based virtual reality intervention for children with cerebral palsy using SuperPop VRTM evaluation metrics – A feasibility study. Article accepted by Rehabilitation Research and Practice. doi: 10.1155/2015/812348
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2015-01-01
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Chen, Y., Garcia-Vergara, S., & Howard, A. M. Effect of a home-based virtual reality intervention for children with cerebral palsy using SuperPop VRTM evaluation metrics – A feasibility study. Article accepted by Rehabilitation Research and Practice.
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