Effect of Vojta Therapy on Upper Extremity Function of Children With Cerebral Palsy

Mahidol University

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Cerebral Palsy; Upper Extremity; Vojta Therapy

Treatments: Procedure: Vojta therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06203366

MURA2023/780

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this pilot study is to study the effect of Vojta therpy on upper extremity function in children with cerebral palsy. The main questions are:

• to study the effect of Vojta therapy on upper extremity function in children with cerebral palsy in terms of range of motion and function
• to study the effect of Vojta therapy on upper extremity function in children with cerebral palsy in terms of motion analysis while perform function

Full description

Vojta therapy is an old treatment method which was discovered by Professor Vaclav Vojta, a neurologist and pediatrician. It has been used to treat children with impair motor function in Thailand since 2011. Vojta therapy encourage the movement of children via positioning and stimulate the specified zone.

Enrollment: 20 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 7 to 12 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• spastic diplegia (MACS II-III)
• can pick box and block test at least 1 block
• has good trunk stability while sitting
• can follow command
• participant and guardian consent to the study

Exclusion criteria

• no Vojta therapy in last 2 months
• no history of anti-spastic injection in last 6 months
• do not receive prednisolone nor adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)
• cannot control seizure
• got the specific disease such as osteogenesis imperecta, cardiac disease
• Participant and guardians do not consent to the study.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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20 participants in 2 patient groups

Experimental group

Experimental group

Description:

got the Vojta treatment 30 minutes/session, 3 times/week for 8 weeks got the ADL and kinetic activities training 30 minutes, 3 times/week for 8 weeks

Treatment:

Procedure: Vojta therapy

control group

No Intervention group

Description:

- got the ADL and kinetic activities training 30 minutes, 3 times/week for 8 weeks