Constraint-induced Movement Therapy and Hand Arm Bimanual Training in Children With Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy (CP)

ALYN Hospital

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Hand Function; Cerebral Palsy

Treatments: Other: CIMT+HABIT

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01078766

920090440

Details and patient eligibility

About

The combination of the constraint-induced movement therapy (CIMT) method as a complement to hand arm bimanual training (HABIT) will improve the frequency and quality of cooperative hand use and function in children with hemiplegic CP.

Enrollment: 9 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 6 to 9 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• active wrist extension/dorsiflexion of at least 20;
• MACS 1-3;
• GMFCS 1-2;
• enrolled in regular or remedial level education with ability to understand instructions and participate without parent presence.

Exclusion criteria

• seizures;
• severely increased muscle tone; or hemi arm to good;
• orthopedic surgery on the upper extremity;
• botulin toxin injections within the past half year to the upper extremity;
• inability to understand instructions or cognitive/behavior/concentration.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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9 participants in 1 patient group

CIMT+HABIT

Experimental group

Description:

Form of "summer camp", for six hours per day for 10 consecutive work days.

Treatment:

Other: CIMT+HABIT