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Feasibility and Usability of a Virtual Reality System
Sponsor: IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino Pulejo
Summary
Intellectual disability (ID) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are often co-occurring neurodevelopmental disorders that require composite intervention. However, standardized rehabilitation programs presented several limitations due to behavioral problems and poor engagement in proposed activity. The Virtual Reality Rehabilitation System (VRRS) is a medical device is recognized as one of the most advanced systems to rehabilitate patients with motor, cognitive, linguistic and behavioral disorders. The use of VRRS offers the opportunity to adapting task parameters according to the patient's performance and the virtual system increases engagement and avoids boredom and frustration. the patients underwent a two months experimental intervention integrated into the regular activity of a semi-residential center for autistic adolescents and young adults.
Official title: Feasibility and Usability of a Virtual Reality System to Improve Standardized Rehabilitation in Patients With Moderate Intellectual Disability and Severe Autism Spectrum Disorder
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
6 Years - 40 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
100
Start Date
2023-04-01
Completion Date
2026-09-30
Last Updated
2026-10-08
Healthy Volunteers
No
Interventions
Rehabilitation with VRRS
The patients underwent an experimental intervention lasting two months (9 sessions lasting about 40 minutes) integrated into the regular activity of a semi-residential center for autistic adolescents and young adults. The proposed exercises were 2D and the patient interacted with the scenarios through the touch screen. For all participants, the tasks were the same, but difficulty and duration varied according to the needs and goals to be achieved.
Conventional cognitive training
Conventional cognitive training consisted of structured paper-and-pencil tasks and therapist-guided activities targeting multiple cognitive domains, including attention, visual-spatial processing, sustained attention, working memory, and problem-solving. These exercises were administered individually by a trained therapist and tailored to each participant's functional level. The intervention lasting two months (9 sessions, lasting about 40 minutes) integrated into regular activity of semi-residential center for autistic adolescents and young adults.
Locations (1)
IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino Pulejo
Messina, Messina, Italy