Table 2.
Characteristics of participants in the feasibility study (n=5).
| ID number | Age (years) | Sex | Diagnosis | SVMCa total (points) | SVMC target joint (points) | System | Target joint or muscle groupb | Involuntary movement |
| 1 | 7.8 | Female | Bilateral spastic CPc, GMFCSd III | 5e | 0e | sEMGf | Ankle dorsiflexion | Ipsilateral knee extension |
| 2 | 13.0 | Male | Bilateral spastic CP, GMFCS II | 8e | 0e | ArmeoSenso | Knee flexion and extension | Trunk flexion and extension |
| 3 | 12.7 | Female | Bilateral spastic CP, GMFCS III | 7e | 1e | sEMG | Knee extension | Contralateral knee extension |
| 4 | 12.5 | Female | Traumatic brain injury | 16e | 1e | sEMG | Ankle dorsiflexion | Contralateral ankle dorsiflexion |
| 5 | 16.1 | Male | Unilateral spastic CP, MACSg III | 20h | 2h | ArmeoSenso | Shoulder abduction and adduction | Ipsilateral elbow flexion and extension |
aSVMC: selective voluntary motor control; SVMC total: total Selective Control Assessment of the Lower Extremity (SCALE) score (maximum of 2 points per joint; total of 20 points) or Selective Control of the Upper Extremity Scale (SCUES; maximum of 3 points per joint; total of 30 points); SVMC target score: SCALE or SCUES item scores for the target joint that was practiced with the game.
bRefers to the target joint when the ArmeoSenso system was used and to the target muscle group when the electromyography-based system was used.
cCP: cerebral palsy.
dGMFCS: gross motor function classification system (it standardizes the classification of gross motor function, emphasizing the trunk control and walking ability of children with cerebral palsy [32]. Level 1 means that children perform all the activities of neurologically intact children of the same age, allowing for slight limitations in speed and quality of movements. Level 5 means that children exhibit difficulties in head and trunk control in most positions or in achieving any voluntary control of movement at all).
eSelective voluntary motor control assessed with the Selective Control Assessment of the Lower Extremity.
fsEMG: surface electromyography.
gMACS: manual ability classification system (it classifies how children with cerebral palsy handle objects in daily activities [33]. Level 1 means that the child can handle objects easily and successfully, whereas children at level 5 do not handle objects at all).
hSelective voluntary motor control assessed with the Selective Control of the Upper Extremity Scale.