Heart Rate Variability (HRV) Among Children With Brain Damage

ALYN Hospital

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Brain Injury; Cerebral Palsy

Treatments: Other: 6 min walk test, Step climbing

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00746291

alyn3CTIL

Details and patient eligibility

About

to investigate the function of the autonomic nervous system in children with with post traumatic brain injury and children with cerebral palsy through an analysis of heart rate variability (HRV) occurring with walking performance.

Full description

40 children with brain damage (20 with post TBI and 20 with CP)and 40 typically developed children will be participate in this study. ECG signals during rest and walking (for 6 minute and during step climbing) will be recorded.

Enrollment: 80 patients

Sex

Ages: 6 to 12 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• able to walk independently

Exclusion criteria

• can not follow simple commands

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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80 participants in 3 patient groups

A

Experimental group

Description:

Traumatic brain injury

Treatment:

Other: 6 min walk test, Step climbing

B

Experimental group

Description:

Cerebral palsy

Treatment:

Other: 6 min walk test, Step climbing

C

Experimental group

Description:

Controls

Treatment:

Other: 6 min walk test, Step climbing