Improving Activity in Individuals With Cerebral Palsy (Fitbit)

Father Flanagan's Boys' Home

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Cerebral Palsy

Treatments: Behavioral: Motivational Interviewing

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06852664

24-23-XP

Details and patient eligibility

About

Individuals with cerebral palsy are known to have a reduced amount of physical activity; yet, there are no known intervention strategies for improving the number of steps they take each day. This study will use wearable physical activity monitors to assess if behavioral coaching is a viable strategy for combating the reduced physical activity seen in this patient population.

Full description

A lack of physical activity in persons with cerebral palsy is known to have cascading effects on their overall health. Despite this recognition, there have been limited attempts to improve the physical activity of this patient population. The overall landscape of this project is that a cohort of persons with cerebral palsy will undergo 8 weeks of physical activity that is guided by behavioral coaching. This study aims to determine the impact of behavioral coaching on 1) the amount of daily physical activity, 2) changes in the sensorimotor cortical activity, 3) changes in laboratory assessments of functional mobility. The participants with CP will initially undergo neuroimaging and a battery of clinical assessments. After completing the baseline tests, the participants will undergo 8-weeks of behavioral coaching where they are encouraged to increase the number of steps they take per-day. After completing the 8 weeks, the participants will repeat the same assessments that were performed at baseline.

Enrollment: 32 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 11 to 45 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Cerebral palsy diagnosis and ambulatory (Gross Motor Function Classification Score [GMFCS] levels between I-III).

Exclusion criteria

• No orthopedic surgery in the last 6 months, botulinum injections within the last 6 months, or metal in their body that would preclude the use of MEG.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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32 participants in 1 patient group

Cerebral Palsy Youth/Young Adults

Experimental group

Description:

Baseline and 8-week assessments as well as 8 weeks of motivational interviewing 3x/week

Treatment:

Behavioral: Motivational Interviewing