Intensive Goal Training for Adolescents With Cerebral Palsy

Federal University of Minas Gerais

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Cerebral Palsy

Treatments: Other: Intensive goal training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03530982

54597916.1.0000.5149

Details and patient eligibility

About

Adolescents with cerebral palsy (CP) present important limitations for the performance of daily living activities. The aims of the study is to evaluate the feasibility and effects of an intensive goal training protocol for adolescents with CP. He hypothesize that adolescents submitted to the studied protocol will present improvements in performance and satisfaction of prioritized functional goals.

Full description

We will conduct a feasibility study to assess the implementation and the possible effects of an intensive individualized goal training with adolescents with CP. Adolescents will select up to 5 functional goals to be trained during a 2 weeks, 3 hour-daily training, totalling 30 hours across 2 weeks. Moreover, they will be asked to daily practice these activities at home along the intervention period.

Enrollment: 20 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 12 to 17 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Medical diagnosis of bilateral CP;
• Age between 12 and 17 years old;
• Manual Ability Classification System (MACS) ranging from levels I to III;
• Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) ranging from levels I to IV;
• Ability to understand verbal instructions.

Exclusion criteria

• Botulinum toxin or surgery in upper limbs in the previous 6 months of the study.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

---

20 participants in 1 patient group

Intervention group

Experimental group

Description:

Intensive goal training of relevant activities reported by adolescents in the beginning of the study. Therapists will grade the level of complexity of the proposed activities, considering the relevant movements, task demands and contextual factors involved in the performance of each task. Adolescents will be asked to practice these activities at home (1 hour/daily) and to discuss their difficulties and improvements with the therapists. The intervention will be provided in a day-camp model.

Treatment:

Other: Intensive goal training