NDT Effectiveness Study

MultiCare Health System Research Institute

Status: Completed

Conditions: Neurodevelopment Treatment; Neuromuscular Diseases; Cerebral Palsy

Treatments: Behavioral: Therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05070910

2021/04/10

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether there is a functional change in children with Cerebral Palsy (CP) and other neuromuscular disorders participating in Neurodevelopmental Treatment (NDT) intervention using the contemporary practice model (CPM).

Enrollment: 14 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 2 to 15 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• The children will be aged 2 to 15 years with a diagnosis of CP, hypotonia, global developmental delay and/ or neuromuscular disorders not otherwise specified.
• Children must also be willing to receive physical guidance for movement and clearly attempt to respond to simple instructions on request.
• Children and their families are available and willing to attend the practicum portion of the course for both blocks.

Exclusion criteria

• Parent/Guardian unable to complete the 4 required interview sessions.
• Unable to commit to attending 75% of practicum sessions.

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

NDT

Experimental group

Description:

Therapy will be provided 2 days to 4 days per week for one-hour sessions

Treatment:

Behavioral: Therapy