A Comparative Study of the Effectiveness of Treatment of Contractures With Mechanically Applied Stretch and Heat.

Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic and District NHS Trust

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cerebral Palsy

Treatments: Device: No heat; Device: With heat

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00281359

RL1 230

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is looking at new ways to stretch knee contractures in children with cerebral palsy using a specially designed splint.

Full description

When using active orthoses to treat contractures, is the effectiveness of treatment improved by heating the contracted tissue prior to treatment?

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 8 to 16 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

children with cerebral palsy -

Exclusion criteria

absent thermal sensation -

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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20 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

With heat

Experimental group

Description:

heat applied to contracted tissues prior to using the active stretching orthosis.

Treatment:

Device: With heat

Without heat

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

No heat applied to the contracted tissues prior to using the stretching orthosis

Treatment:

Device: No heat