Sensorimotor Training and Constraint Induced Movement Therapy on Upper Extremity Function in Children With Hemiplegic CP

Riphah International University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy

Treatments: Other: sensorimotor training; Other: constraint induced movement therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05490758

REC/RCR & AHS/22/0718

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the work was to find out the effects of sensorimotor training and constraint induced movement therapy on upper extremity function in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy.

Full description

The significance of this study is that there was paucity of literature in finding the comparative effects of sensorimotor training and constraint induced movement therapy on upper extremity function in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy. The aim is to find out the effects of sensorimotor training on motor functioning of the upper extremity in comparison of constraint induced movement therapy.

Enrollment: 24 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 8 to 15 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• subjects who were fully oriented
• children diagnosed with hemiplegic cerebral palsy
• no history of intramuscular botulinum injections past one year

Exclusion criteria

• children with epilepsy
• gross deformity of upper limb
• children with contractures

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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24 participants in 2 patient groups

sensorimotor training

Experimental group

Description:

sensorimotor training group did sensorimotor activities e.g play with dough,peg games 5 days a week for 4 weeks.

Treatment:

Other: sensorimotor training

constraint induced movement therapy

Experimental group

Description:

constraint induced movement therapy group in which affected arm was constraint for 6 hours a day for 5 days a week for 4 weeks.

Treatment:

Other: constraint induced movement therapy