Exergaming Platform to Support Paediatric Physiotherapy/Rehabilitation
Research type
Research Study
Full title
An Exergaming Platform to Support Paediatric Physiotherapy/Rehabilitation
IRAS ID
253278
Contact name
Fernando Bello
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Imperial College London
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 8 months, 17 days
Research summary
In this research study, we will be using the MIRA rehabilitation software platform to assist and encourage young patients (5-18 years old) to practice their prescribed therapeutic exercises in hospital.\n\nMIRA is a CE marked Class I Medical Device that converts therapeutic exercises into games, making them more playful and enjoyable and less repetitive and tedious. It provides a combination of 32 different exercises and 25 games. The system is designed as a tool for therapists, using motion tracking sensors to engage patients in their therapy. At the end of each game session, game scores are reported. While they can be an indication of how well a patient played the game, they do not have direct clinical relevance and may not reflect how well the patient performed the exercise. To address this problem, we have developed two different approaches that provide an objective assessment comparing patient exercise performance with an idealised reference exercise performance.\n\nThe primary goal of the study is to establish the effectiveness and impact of using the MIRA system on exercise performance and compliance. A secondary goal is to determine the clinical relevance of our two objective assessment approaches by comparing them with the physiotherapists own assessment of patient exercise performance.
REC name
North of Scotland Research Ethics Committee 1
REC reference
19/NS/0088
Date of REC Opinion
10 May 2019
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion