Smartphone App for Analysis of General Movements in Young Infants

St. Olavs Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cerebral Palsy

Treatments: Device: in-Motion app

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03409978

2017/913

Details and patient eligibility

About

Analysis of spontaneous movements in young infants from video recordings is recommended as an early medical assessment tool for prediction of cerebral palsy in high-risk infants. Such video recording have previously been performed in follow-up programs at hospitals using semi standardized video set-ups. The research group behind this study develops a smart-phone application that makes it possible for parents to video film their infant spontaneous movements at home, upload and send the video for analysis at the hospital provided by experts. The objectives of the study are to assess the feasibility of the In-Motion app for video recording of infant spontaneous movements, upload and send the video to St. Olavs Hospital in Trondheim, Norway, for assessment, and how parents experience this. 90-120 high-risk infants from Norway, Denmark, Belgium, USA, Great Britain and India will participate. Parents will record their infant spontaneous movements and answer questionnaires. Video quality will be evaluated by experts within the field and their use for computer-based assessment will be evaluated.

Enrollment: 86 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 12 to 17 weeks old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Infants referred to high-risk follow-up at the hospital

Exclusion criteria

• Unstable medical condition, progressive disorders, or diagnosis with a specific syndrome affecting motor development.

Trial design

86 participants in 1 patient group

In-Motion app for movement analysis

Description:

Participants will be recruited from infants referred to the high-risk follow-up clinic at the hospital. These at-risk children are included in the regular clinical follow-up program comprising a standard examination at 3 months corrected age (fidgety general movements period). Infant/families from St. Olavs Hospital (n= 15), in Norway, Lurie Children's Hospital (n=15), Chicago, USA, Christian Medical College (n=15), Vellore, India, University of Ghent (n=15), Belgium, and Hillerød Hospital (n=30), Copenhagen, Denmark will be invited to participate.

Treatment:

Device: in-Motion app