The Cardiac Autonomic System Response to Activity and Cognitive Tasksinjury

ALYN Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Brain Injuries

Treatments: Other: cognitive and motor assignments

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02627651

Alyn

Details and patient eligibility

About

18 children post acquired brain injury and 18 typically developed controls matched for age and gender.

All children aged 10-18 yrs who understand simple commands.

Tools:

1. Heart rate monitor
2. Six minute walk test
3. The behavior rating inventory

Method:

1. At the introductory visit the child will be asked to walk for six minutes, to sit and perform a cognitive test and then to walk on a treadmill for 5 seconds.
2. At the second visit the child will be asked to go on the treadmill for 5 minutes and at the same time to perform the cognitive assignment; After a rest the child will be asked to walk on the treadmill for 5 minutes and at the end to perform the cognitive assignment .

Enrollment: 36 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 10 to 18 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

aged 10-18 understand simple commands walk independently

Exclusion criteria

Canot understand simple commands

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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36 participants in 2 patient groups

brain injury

Experimental group

Description:

children post brain injury

Treatment:

Other: cognitive and motor assignments

controls

Active Comparator group

Description:

children typically developed age matched

Treatment:

Other: cognitive and motor assignments