PC MIROIR : Effects of Mirror Therapy in Children With Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy

Rennes University Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy

Treatments: Procedure: mirror therapy; Procedure: bimanual rehabilitation exercises

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02131909

2013-A01325-40

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a randomized and comparative prospective test, monocentric and controlled (mirror therapy versus bimanual rehabilitation exercises), in single-blind (investigator and occupational therapist " 1 " do not know the type of rehabilitation performed).

Enrollment: 33 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 7 to 17 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Unilateral spastic cerebral palsy as defined by SCPE (Surveillance of Cerebral Palsy in Europe)
• Aged 7 to 17 years
• MACS (Manual Ability Classification System) 1 to 3
• Extension of the wrist more than 10°
• Free, informed and written consent of the parents
• Free, informed and written consent of the child
• affiliated, via his/her parents, to the Social Security regime

Exclusion criteria

• Other neuromuscular disorders known
• Cognitive impairment hampering the understanding of instructions
• Upper-limb pain (EVA score >3)
• Restriction of passive range of motion
• Visual impairment not allowing the visualization of the upper limb in the mirror
• Upper-limb Botulinum toxin injection in upper limb 6 months prior to inclusion

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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33 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

mirror therapy

Experimental group

Description:

5 sessions mirror therapy 15 minutes per week for 5 weeks

Treatment:

Procedure: mirror therapy

bimanual rehabilitation exercises

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

5 sessions control therapy 15 minutes per week for 5 weeks

Treatment:

Procedure: bimanual rehabilitation exercises