Therapeutic Effects of Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy on Young Children With Cerebral Palsy

Samsung Medical Center

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cerebral Palsy Spastic Hemiplegic

Treatments: Other: Constraint-induced movement therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03858335

2015-06-100-008

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study evaluates the therapeutic effects of constraint-induced movement therapy on infants and children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy. Half of the participants will receive CIMT (constraint-induced movement therapy) and others will not.

Full description

This study evaluates the therapeutic effects of constraint-induced movement therapy on infants and children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy. Half of the participants will receive CIMT (constraint-induced movement therapy) and others will not.

Participants will be randomly assigned to either CIMT group or control group. Children of the CIMT group will wear forearm splint 24 hours for 3 weeks to inhibit use of the unaffected arm.

Enrollment: 32 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 7 to 36 months old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• spastic hemiplegic cerebral palsy patients
• 7~36 months old

Exclusion criteria

• cognitive impairment severe enough to make participation impossible
• uncontrolled epilepsy
• visual or hearing impairment
• musculoskeletal disorders

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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32 participants in 2 patient groups

Constraint-induced movement therapy

Experimental group

Description:

Children in constraint-induced movement therapy (CIMT) group will wear forearm splint on the unaffected arm 24 hours for 3 weeks, and receive 15 mCIMT sessions(30-hour dosage)

Treatment:

Other: Constraint-induced movement therapy

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Children in control group will receive only traditional rehab therapies without wearing splint