A Pilot RCT to Investigate the Use of a Home-based Nintendo Wii Program for Rehabilitation in Older Adults With Lower Limb Amputation

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

28

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

January 31, 2013

Primary Completion Date

February 28, 2014

Study Completion Date

August 31, 2015

Conditions
Lower Limb Amputation
Interventions
DEVICE

Wii.n.Walk

Subjects will be trained using Nintendo Wii Fit (commercial fitness gaming software) for 40-minute sessions, 3x/week for 4 weeks. The intervention will initially be conducted in the clinic with a group of 3 participants and will graduate to in-home sessions starting from week 2.

DEVICE

Wii Big Brain

Subjects in the control group will be trained using Wii Big Brain Academy Degree program which is a low-cost commercially available gaming software to improve cognitive function. The intervention will initially be conducted in the clinic with a group of 3 participants and will graduate to in-home sessions starting from week 2.

Trial Locations (3)

V5P 3L6

Holy Family Hospital, Vancouver

V5Z 2G9

GF Strong, Vancouver

V6Z 1Y6

St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver

All Listed Sponsors
lead

University of British Columbia

OTHER

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