Efficacy Research of Bimanual Intensive Training in Children With Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy

National Taiwan University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Cerebral Palsy

Treatments: Other: Camp-based bimanual intensive training(BIT)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04516876

202004060RIND

Details and patient eligibility

About

This research project aims to investigate the feasibility, efficacy, and acceptability of camp-based model of BIT.

Enrollment: 30 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 5 to 12 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Diagnosis of cerebral palsy(CP) with one or more affected sides.
2. Considerable nonuse of the affected upper limb (amount-of-use score of the Pediatric Motor Activity Log < 2.5).
3. No excessive muscle tone (Modified Ashworth Scale ≤ 2 at any joints of the upper limb) before beginning treatment.
4. No severe cognitive, visual, or auditory disorders according to medical documents, parental reports, and the examiner 's clinical observation.
5. No injections of botulinum toxin type A or operations on the upper limb within 6 months.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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30 participants in 1 patient group

Camp-based bimanual intensive training(BIT)

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Camp-based bimanual intensive training(BIT)