Comparative Effectiveness of a Kinect-based Unilateral Arm Training System vs Constraint-Induced Therapy for Children With Cerebral Palsy

National Taiwan University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cerebral Palsy

Treatments: Other: kinect-based constraint-induced therapy; Other: Constraint-induced therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02808195

201601057RINB

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aims of the present study is to evaluate the effectiveness of Kinect-based upper limb motor rehabilitation system (ULMTS) program on motor performance and functional outcomes.

Full description

The specific aims of this study project will be:

To compare the effectiveness of intervention groups using Kinect-based ULMTS with constraint-induced therapy on motor improvement in children with hemiplegic CP. The investigators hypothesize that motor improvement in using Kinect-based ULMTS will be comparable to constraint-induced therapy.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 3 to 16 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria are:

1. 3-16 years old
2. diagnosed with congenital hemiplegic or CP with one more affected side
3. considerable nonuse of the affected upper limb.

Exclusion criteria are:

1. no excessive muscle tone (Modified Ashworth Scale ≤ 2 at any joints of the upper limb) before beginning treatment (Bohannon & Smith, 1987)
2. no severe cognitive, visual, or auditory disorders according to medical documents, parental reports, and the examiner's clinical observation
3. no injections of botulinum toxin type A or operations on the upper limb within 6 months.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

constraint-induced therapy

Experimental group

Description:

training of the more affected arm and restraint the less affected arm

Treatment:

Other: Constraint-induced therapy

kinect-based constraint-induced therapy

Experimental group

Description:

training of the more affected arm and restraint the less affected arm by kinect-game

Treatment:

Other: kinect-based constraint-induced therapy