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Effectiveness of Unilateral Versus Bilateral Intensive Training in Children With Cerebral Palsy

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National Taiwan University

Status

Enrolling

Conditions

Cerebral Palsy

Treatments

Other: bilateral upper limbs intensive training
Other: unilateral upper limbs intensive training

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT02808156
201512070RINA

Details and patient eligibility

About

This 3-year research project aims to investigate and compare the immediate and long-term treatment effectiveness as well as motor improving curve and potential predictors of the unimanual intensive training and bimanual intensive training protocols with an equivalent intervention period in children with hemiplegic CP and children with CP with apparently one side affected. In addition, based on the ICF-CY model, comprehensive outcome measures including motor functions as well as psychological functions will be included.

Enrollment

60 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

3 to 16 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

The inclusion criteria of this study are:

  1. aged between 3 and 16 years
  2. diagnosed with congenital hemiplegic or children with CP with one more affected side; (3) apparently disuse phenomenon of the more affected hand at spontaneous contexts

Participants will be exclude for:

  1. excessive muscle tone (Modified Ashworth Scale ≤ 2 at any joints of the upper limb) before beginning treatment (Bohannon & Smith, 1987)
  2. severe cognitive, visual, or auditory disorders according to medical documents, parental reports, and the examiner's clinical observation
  3. injections of botulinum toxin type A or operations on the UE within 6 months

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

Single Blind

60 participants in 2 patient groups

unilateral upper limbs intensive training
Experimental group
Description:
The unimanual intensive training group focuses on the training of the more affected arm and restraint the less affected arm.
Treatment:
Other: unilateral upper limbs intensive training
bilateral upper limbs intensive training
Experimental group
Description:
The bimanual intensive training focuses activities that required the use of both hands.
Treatment:
Other: bilateral upper limbs intensive training

Trial contacts and locations

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Central trial contact

Tien-Ni Wang

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