Sensory Integration for Infants With Cortical Visual Impairment

Hacettepe University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Sensory Integration Disorder

Treatments: Other: Sensory integration therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05431647

2020-20/494

Details and patient eligibility

About

Our study examines the effect of sensory integration training on sensory, motor and oculomotor skills in infants with cortical vision impairment .

Full description

Cortical vision impairment (CVI) and Cerebral Palsy (CP) lead to decrement in sensory and motor functions of infants. The current study examined the effectiveness of sensory integration interventions on sensory, motor, and oculomotor skills in infants with cortical vision impairment. Thirty-four infants with CVI and CP aged 12-18 months were enrolled to the study. The infants were randomly divided into 2 groups as the control and intervention groups. The intervention group took sensory integration intervention 2 days a week for 8 weeks in addition to conventional physiotherapy two days a week for eight weeks. The control group only received the conventional physiotherapy program 2 days a week for 8 weeks. The duration of the treatment sessions were 45 minutes for both interventions. Before and after the intervention, sensory processing functions were evaluated with the Test of Sensory Functions in Infants (TSFI) and motor functions were evaluated with the Alberta Infant Motor Scale (AIMS).

Enrollment: 34 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 12 to 18 months old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Cerepral palsy
• Cortical visual impairment
• 12-18 months

Exclusion Criteria

• Not participating in treatment regularly

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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34 participants in 2 patient groups

İntervention group: Physiotherapy and Sensory Integration Therapy

Active Comparator group

Description:

Physiotherapy program 8 weeks 2 days in a week 45 minutes per session Conventional physiotherapy Sensory integration therapy program 8 weeks 2 days in a week 45 minutes per session Sensory integration therapy

Treatment:

Other: Sensory integration therapy

Control group only Physiotherapy

Active Comparator group

Description:

Physiotherapy program 8 weeks 2 days in a week 45 minutes per session Conventional physiotherapy

Treatment:

Other: Sensory integration therapy