Effect of Communication Board on Functional Communication of Children With Cerebral Palsy

Riphah International University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cerebral Palsy (CP)

Treatments: Other: Communication Board; Other: Traditional Therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06407349

REC/01777 Imtasha Rana

Details and patient eligibility

About

My aim of the research is to compare the effect of traditional therapy with the AAC device and identify if the AAC device is more effective for CP children than traditional therapy.

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 8 to 12 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Children of both genders with Cerebral Palsy age group 8 years-12 years
• Children with Cerebral Palsy having mild to moderate cognitive impairment and communication impairment
• Children with comorbid conditions (epilepsy, microcephalia)
• Children with physical abilities of functional Pointing, One Step Command
• Following, Vocalization, and Imitation.

Exclusion criteria

• Children with comorbid conditions (visual impairment, hearing impairment

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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20 participants in 2 patient groups

Communication Board

Experimental group

Description:

customized individualized AAC communication Board with a step command Intervention description: 3 sessions per week, of 30 minutes total of 24 sessions. Both genders will be included. Children's ages range from 8 to 12 years.

Treatment:

Other: Communication Board

Traditional Therapy

Other group

Description:

Traditional therapy with one-step command Intervention description: 3 sessions per week, of 30 minutes total of 24 sessions. Both genders will be included. Children's ages range from 8 to 12 years.

Treatment:

Other: Traditional Therapy