An interventional study of Game-based telerehabilitation exercises and Home exercises in Exercise Therapy and Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, sponsored by Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa. Completed at 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye). Open to participants aged 6 Years to 16 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-11-15.
Sponsored by Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
In order to cope with pain, improve quality of life and prevent kinesiophobia in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis, most of the physiotherapy approaches used so far are standard.
However, nowadays, it has been observed that participation in treatment has increased with game-based exercises instead of standard physiotherapy. In addition, remote monitoring applications made it possible to perform physiotherapy programs, which are an integral part of the treatment in children with JIA, who is difficult to reach the clinic due to reasons such school schedule and living area, through remote monitoring. This project aimed to investigate the effects of telemonitoring-supported game-based home exercise programs on pain, kinesiophobia and quality of life.
The original aspect of our project is to include telemonitoring-supported game-based home exercise programs as an alternative physiotherapy program in children with JIA. Its contribution to clinical practice is to change the perspective of physiotherapists and children on standard physiotherapy practices, to increase their motivation, and to ensure children's participation in treatment.
Juvenile rheumatic diseases are chronic diseases with a prognosis ranging from complete recovery to long-term disability. Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is the most common rheumatologic disease in children. Pain is one of the main clinical symptoms in JIA. Due to pain, these children with rheumatic diseases avoid moving. The fear of moving because of this pain is defined as kinesiophobia. Kinesiophobia (fear of movement); It is defined as an excessive and unreasonable fear of physical action to avoid harm or re-injury. Its prevalence in chronic pain varies between 50-70%. Regular physical activity and fitness exercises can prevent kinesiophobia; Treatment includes therapeutic exercises and cognitive behavioral therapy.
In order to cope with pain, improve quality of life and prevent kinesiophobia in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis, most of the physiotherapy approaches used so far are standard.
However, nowadays, it has been observed that participation in treatment has increased with game-based exercises instead of standard physiotherapy. In addition, remote monitoring applications made it possible to perform physiotherapy programs, which are an integral part of the treatment in children with JIA, who is difficult to reach the clinic due to reasons such school schedule and living area, through remote monitoring. This project aimed to investigate the effects of telemonitoring-supported game-based home exercise programs on pain, kinesiophobia and quality of life.
In this study, the participants will be evaluated and training game-based exercises at the baseline examination. Then, the participants will be followed the online synchronous communication application-based telemonitoring method After the game-based home exercises intervention, the participants will be re-evaluated again and the results will be compared.
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This study's enrollment of 20 is below the median of 50 across 229 interventional studies indexed under Arthritis, Juvenile.
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The telemonitoring-supported program will be conducted with a smartphone application synchronously. The participants will be monitored by the investigators using an online communication application during exercise sessions.The sessions will be conducted to patients' individual calender via a smartphone application and a reminder from this smartphone application will send notifications to the patients.
Other: Game-based telerehabilitation exercises
The control group will be evaluated and followed with home exercise program.
Other: Home exercises
online Game-based home exercises are physiotherapy programs that include exercises transformed into game activities to increase the child's participation in the rehabilitation process. The exercises were planned such as; the dwarf camel game as squat exercises; the flamingo balance game as single leg balance exercises and weight-bearing activities etc. The exercise program will be conducted for 6 weeks and 3 sessions in a week.
The physiotherapist will evaluate the control group patients and monitor them using only a home exercise program.
The Wong-Baker Faces Pain Rating Scale
A self-report tool called The Wong-Baker Faces Pain Rating Scale is used to assess how much pain kids are experiencing. It is widely acknowledged that measuring children's pain is challenging for medical professionals. This is because children express pain differently than adults due to differences in their language, communication, and developmental stages. The Wong-Baker Pain Scale has 6 faces. The first face represents a pain score of 0 and indicates "not hurt". The second face is a 2 represents the pain score and means "it hurts a little". The third face represents a pain score of 4 and "it hurts a little more" shows. The fourth face represents a pain score of 6 and indicates "it hurts more". The fifth face represents a pain score of 8. and shows that "it hurts a lot"; the sixth face represents a pain score of 10 and indicates "worst pain". The unit of this outcome is a score.
Time frame: immediately After intervention
Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) 3.0 Arthritis Module
Patients with JIA have the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) 3.0 arthritis module. This criterion has been translated into Turkish and its validity has been demonstrated. 44 Evaluations are made about pain and suffering (four questions), daily activities (five questions), treatment (seven questions), anxiety (three questions), communication (three questions), and parent and child modules are evaluated separately. The unit of this outcome is a score. Every item is 5-point Likert scale type. Scores are transformed on a scale from 0 to 100. Items are reverse scored and linearly transformed to a 0-100 scale as follows: 0=100, 1=75, 2=50, 3=25, 4=0. Higher scores mean better quality of life and fewer problems or symptoms
Time frame: immediately After intervention
The Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia
It is a 17-item scale developed to measure the fear of movement/re-injury. The scale includes parameters of injury/re-injury and fear-avoidance in work-related activities. A 4-point Likert scoring (1 = I strongly disagree, 4 = I totally agree) is used in the scale. After reversing items 4, 8, 12 and 16, a total score is calculated. The person gets a total score between 17-68. A high score on the scale indicates a high level of kinesiophobia. It is recommended to use the total score in studies. In our study, the fear of avoiding movement will be evaluated with TSK. The unit of this outcome is a score.
Time frame: immediately After intervention
Hip flexion-extension range of motion
The pre-study and post-study hip flexion/extension passive ranges of motion (ROM) were measured by goniometric measurement.
Time frame: immediately After intervention
Hip internal-external rotation range of motion
The pre-study and post-study hip internal-external rotation passive ranges of motion (ROM) were measured by goniometric measurement.
Time frame: immediately After intervention
Hip abduction/adduction range of motion
The pre-study and post-study hip abduction/adduction passive ranges of motion (ROM) were measured by goniometric measurement.
Time frame: immediately After intervention
Knee flexion and extension range of motion
The pre-study and post-study knee flexion and extension passive ranges of motion (ROM) were measured by goniometric measurement.
Time frame: immediately After intervention
Ankle dorsi-plantar flexion range of motion
The pre-study and post-study ankle dorsi-plantar flexion passive ranges of motion (ROM) were measured by goniometric measurement.
Time frame: immediately After intervention
Plan to share: No
Ran from Mar 2023 to primary completion in Dec 2023, 9 months.
Of 52 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Arthritis, Juvenile, half reached primary completion within 11 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 7 and three quarters within 31. This study's 9 months is below that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 54 studies reached it within 12 months; a quarter within 7 and three quarters within 38.
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