EMMVIES : Walking Training at Home in VIrtual Reality for Children With Chronic Illnesses Impacting Physical Health

Inclusion Criteria

• •Patient aged 6 to 17 years at date of inclusion;
• •Able to walk for 5 minutes on a treadmill with or without body weight support, with or without technical aids;
• •Be able to understand and play virtual reality games (immersive or non-immersive);
• •Be able to answer questionnaires;
• •Patient affiliated to or benefiting from a social security scheme;
• •Informed consent, dated and signed by parents or guardians (if minors), to participate in the study;
• •Included in a care program specific to their chronic condition for at least 6 months;
• •Meet the following criteria depending on the group:
• •PC group:
• •Diagnosis of CP
• •Functional level classified II or III according to the Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS)
• •Rehabilitation goal: improvement of gait and/or gross motor function
• •OB group:
• •Overweight or obese, defined by a BMI above the IOTF-25 percentile
• •Aim to increase daily physical activity
• •No history of hip pathology
• •Group NM:
• •Diagnosis of one of the following neuromuscular pathologies: spinal muscular atrophy type 3, Duchenne disease, congenital myopathy or Charcot Marie Tooth.
• •Functional level of grade 2 to 6 on the Walton scale, or grade 3 to 7 on the Vignos scale
• •Rehabilitation goal: improvement of walking and/or gross motor skills