Motor Function Assessment and VR-based Motor Training in Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorder
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: VR-based motor training.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Autism. Basic parameters: 18 years — 45 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Taiwan
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if autism affect motor functions, including muscle strength, balance, and motor control? Additionally, understanding the motor functions, cognitive functions, and brain activation in individuals with autism, and verifying whether motor training can effectively improve muscle strength, balance, and motor control. The main questions aim to answer are: \[primary hypothesis or outcome measure 1\]? \[primary hypothesis or outcome measure 2\]? If there is a comparison group: Researchers will compare \[arm information\] to see if \[insert effects\]. Participants will \[describe the main tasks participants will be asked to do, interventions they'll be given and use bullets if it is more than 2 items\].
Interventions
- Behavioral VR-based motor training
Six weeks, twice per week.
Primary outcome measures
- The performance of movement operational assessment [Time frame: 40 minutes]
- The performance of motor coordination control [Time frame: 1 hour, twice]
Secondary outcome measures (4)
- The N-back Task performance [Time frame: 40 minutes]
- The performance of Timed Up and Go Test (TUG) [Time frame: 1 minute, twice]
- The performance of the 10-meter walk test (10MWT) [Time frame: 1 minute, twice]
- The performance of 6-minute walk test (6WMT) [Time frame: 6 minutes, twice]
Eligibility criteria
> The ASD Group
Inclusion criteria
- young adult aged between 18 and 45 years who had a diagnosis of ASD from a licensed mental health or medical professional based on DSM-5.
- was motivated to complete the 6-week VR-based motor function training.
- had a full-scale IQ > 70 on the WAIS-IV.
Exclusion criteria
- a history of major mental illness (e.g., bipolar affective disorder, schizophrenia, or psychosis), neurological diseases (e.g., stroke, lumbar radiculopathy, or spinal cord injury) that hamper walking function, or neurosurgery.
- visual impairment and/or hearing impairment that would preclude participation in motor assessment or training.
- The Non-ASD control group
Inclusion criteria
- young adult aged between 18 and 45 years who do not have a diagnosis of ASD.
- had a full-scale IQ > 70 on the WAIS-IV.
Exclusion criteria
- a history of major mental illness (e.g., bipolar affective disorder, schizophrenia, or psychosis), neurological diseases (e.g., stroke, lumbar radiculopathy, or spinal cord injury), or neurosurgery that hamper walking function.
- visual impairment and/or hearing impairment that would preclude participation in motor assessment or training.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- Non-randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
Taiwan · 1 center
- National Taiwan University Hospital — Taipei
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07134569 · 202311005RINC