Using Virtual Reality and Robotics Technologies for Vocational Evaluation, Training and Placement (VR4VR)
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Traumatic Brain Injury
About this trial
This is an interventional other trial for Autism Spectrum Disorder focused on measuring Severe Mobility and Manipulation Impairments
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
The general inclusion criteria are as follows:
- Adults of 18-60 years of age
- Participants must display the capacity to understand the objectives of each of the skill tasks below, that will take place in various virtual environments.
Skill tasks:
- Cleaning skills such as vacuum cleaning, mopping and litter collection.
- Loading virtual boxes into back of a virtual truck using a haptic stick controller.
- Fulfilling orders and deliveries in a virtual warehouse with tangible boxes.
- Navigating to different checkpoints in an outdoor virtual environment.
- Money management skills such as recognizing coin and bill amounts, counting money and giving correct amount of change to virtual customers.
- Communicating with virtual characters.
Each target population will have additional inclusion criteria as follows:
Autism Inclusion Criteria:
- High, medium or low functioning with the ability to verbally communicate with the research team
- Being able to perform basic gestures such as extending arms and walking in place
Traumatic Brain Injury Inclusion Criteria:
- Participants will include individuals that have suffered a moderate to severe traumatic brain
- Participants must be deemed Rancho Los Amigos score of 7 or higher
- Being able to perform basic gestures such as extending arms and walking in place
Severe Mobility and Manipulation Impairments Inclusion Criteria:
• Persons with spinal cord injury, muscle dystrophy, multiple sclerosis or cerebral palsy
Exclusion Criteria:
The general exclusion criteria are as follows:
- Children less than 18 years of age
- Adults older than 60 years of age
- Pregnant women
- Participants unable to control a joystick
- Participants unable to verbally communicate
Each target population will have additional exclusion criteria as follows:
Autism Exclusion Criteria:
- Participants unable to control a joystick
- Participants unable to verbally communicate
Traumatic Brain Injury Exclusion Criteria:
- Participants unable to control a joystick
- Participants unable to verbally communicate
Severe Mobility and Manipulation Impairments Exclusion Criteria:
• Participants unable to control a joystick
Sites / Locations
- Rehabilitation Robotics & Prosthetics Testbed (RRT) Laboratory on the campus of the University of South Florida
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Experimental
Virtual Reality Training System