The Follow Study of Speech Functions in Preschool Children With Cerebral Palsy: Clinical Measures and Acoustic Analysis

Chang Gung Medical Foundation

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cerebral Palsy

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02378987

99-1917B

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aims of this study:

1. to investigate the difference in motor speech functions among children with cerebral palsy (CP) of different motor severities.
2. to investigate the longitudinal in motor speech functions at 6 months follow-up phase among children with CP of different motor severities.
3. the correlation between motor severity, personal factors, family factors, language ability and motor speech in children with CP.
4. to identify the variables that can predict motor speech functions in children with CP.

Full description

Mental impairment, language and speech disorders are the common associated problems in children with CP. Previous studies focus on language and motor speech dysfunctions in children with CP at school-age child, adolescents and adults. Few literatures identify the determinants for predicted the motor speech performance in these children. It is important issue to follow-up the language and motor speech functions in children with CP. These data will provide clinicians for outcome prediction and goal setting.The aims of this study: (1) to investigate the difference in motor speech functions among children with CP of different motor severities, and(2) to investigate the longitudinal in motor speech functions at 6 months follow-up phase among children with CP of different motor severities, and(3) the correlation between motor severity, personal factors, family factors, language ability and motor speech in children with CP, and(4) to identify the variables that can predict motor speech functions in children with CP.

Enrollment: 46 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 4 to 8 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Subjects between the ages of 4-8 years old children.
2. Subjects which aged 7 years or older should sign a consent form by themself.
3. In line with the assessment, the case must be able to follow simple verbal commands, and can be done in a simple sentence description.
4. were diagnosed with spastic cerebral palsy.

Exclusion criteria

1. physiological condition is unstable: Included in three months for surgery or infection and other major diseases
2. there is progressive or degenerative symptoms or diseases (such as degenerative epilepsy), peripheral nerve injury, spinal cord injury.
3. visual perception or hearing problems, after correction difficult communicators.
4. other movement disorders patterns for children with cerebral palsy (athetoid type, offset type, etc.).

Trial design

46 participants in 3 patient groups

Typical developmental children

Description:

Normal children

CP children with GMFCS level I and II

Description:

Children with CP were classified into Levels I-II based on the Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS).

CP children with GMFCS level III and IV

Description:

Children with CP were classified into Levels III-IV based on the Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS).