Measuring Head Control Change With 2D Video Analysis After Utilization of Headpod in Children With Poor Head Control (headpod)

Texas Woman's University

Status: Completed

Conditions: To Determine Efficacy of the Headpod; Cerebral Palsy

Treatments: Device: Headpod

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02764775

17641

Details and patient eligibility

About

Inclusion Criteria: children ages 2 to 14 years with poor head control and non progressive diagnoses. Exclusion criteria: significant change of status i.e. prolonged hospitalization, surgery; inability to tolerate using Headpod. Requires use of Headpod 3x per day for minimum of 15 minutes each time over a 6 month period. Log must be kept documenting usage of the Headpod. Video will be taken to document changes.

Full description

Requires usage of the Headpod 3x per day for a minimum of 15 minutes each time. Usage required for 6 month period. Log must be kept documenting usage of the Headpod. Video will be taken on initial trial use, 1 week post trial use, at 3 months post utilization of the Headpod and at 6 months post utilization of the Headpod.

Enrollment: 14 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 2 to 14 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• non progressive diagnoses with poor head control

Exclusion criteria

• recent prolonged hospitalization; surgery, inability to tolerate wearing the Headpod

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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14 participants in 1 patient group

Headed utilization

Experimental group

Description:

Use of Headpod for 6 months duration; 3 x per day for a minimum of 15 minutes each time;

Treatment:

Device: Headpod