Assessment of Navigation Abilities in Children With Cerebral Palsy and Their Peers

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Conditions studied: Cerebral Palsy, Healthy Volunteers

In brief

Spatial navigation skills are very important in everyday activities and quality of life but spatial navigation abilities are not part of the standard process of assessment and rehabilitation of patients. Furthermore, it is known that children with cerebral palsy have impaired visuo-spatial competences. The main objective of this study is to evaluate and compare the spatial navigation abilities of typically developing children and of children with cerebral palsy using the "StarMaze" application delivered by means of a Head Mounted Display (HMD). The second aim is to investigate the user experience during the session. A similar application was already developed and tested in a virtual reality large scale platform whose size and cost limit the accessibility. Therefore, the assessment (and future training) of navigation abilities with affordable and easy-to-use technology such as HMD open new perspectives.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06320106

Run by

IRCCS Eugenio Medea

People needed

26

Starts

2023-02-07

Expected to finish

2026-12-31

Last updated by the study team

2025-02-26

Who can join

Age: 13 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• IQ higher than 70

You may not qualify if…

• Subjects with epileptic issues
• Subjects with poor head control
• Visual acuity not correctable with eyeglasses

Where it is running

• Scientific Institute, IRCCS E. Medea — Bosisio Parini, Lecco, Italy (enrolling)

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