Adaptive Arm Training for Children With Hemiplegia

Blythedale Children's Hospital

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Cerebral Palsy; Acquired Brain Injury; Hemiparesis; Hemiplegia

Treatments: Device: Bimanual Arm Training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03387449

BAT_Friel

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this research is to provide limb training in children with hemiplegia using a bimanual-to-unimanual training approach. Twenty pediatric patients aged 5-17 years with acquired brain injury will receive training on the bimanual-to-unimanual device for a period of 9 weeks. During the training, children use both arms to operate robotic arms to play a video game. We will assess changes in hand impairment after the training.

Enrollment: 20 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 5 to 17 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Hemiplegia due to brain injury at least 3 months before study enrollment.

Exclusion criteria

• Any social or medical problem that precludes compliance with the protocol.
• Treatment with botulinum toxin or intrathecal baclofen in the 3 months preceding enrollment.
• Implanted neuromodulatory or electronic device or other complicating illness.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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20 participants in 1 patient group

Bimanual Arm Training

Experimental group

Description:

Children in the study will all receive the same treatment, which includes 9 weeks of training on the bimanual arm trainer robotic device.

Treatment:

Device: Bimanual Arm Training