Changes in Everydaylife Activity of Children With CP During HABIT-ILE (change_CP)

Université Catholique de Louvain

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cerebral Palsy

Treatments: Other: Control; Other: HABIT-ILE

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02667613

B403201316810b

Details and patient eligibility

About

Studying in a RCT the changes in everyday llife activities of children with CP during HABIT-ILE or control period, changes being scored by parents and by experts.

Full description

Studying in a RCT the changes in everyday llife activities of children with CP (unilateral and bilateral) during HABIT-ILE or control period, changes being scored by parents and by experts on ABILHAND-Kids, the PEDI, the ACTIVLM-CP and the COPM. Investigate neuroplastic changes and correlation with everyday life changes.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 5 to 18 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• cerebral palsy
• ability to make a few steps with a walking device
• ability to pick a light object from a table with the more affected hand
• ability to understand simple games

Exclusion criteria

• no active seizure
• no botulinum toxin in the 6 months previous to the intervention or during intervention time
• major visual deficit

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

HABIT-ILE

Experimental group

Description:

HABIT-ILE (Hand and arm bimanual intensive therapy including lower extremities) will be applied over 2 weeks.

Treatment:

Other: HABIT-ILE

Control

Active Comparator group

Description:

A two weeks period of usual customary care.

Treatment:

Other: Control