Trunk and Upper Extremities Program Effect in Decreasing Compensation Patterns in Unilateral Cerebral Palsy Children (TUPEX)

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Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Cerebral Palsy Infantile; Upper Extremity Dysfunction; Chronic Pain

Treatments: Other: TUPEX

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06069765

TrunkUpperExtremityPrograma

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this clinical trial is to test the effectiveness of a trunk and upper extremities exercise program. The main questions it aims to answer are:

Whether the program decreases compensation patterns in unilateral cerebral palsy children Whether the program decreases pain in unilateral cerebral palsy children Whether the program improves bimanual ability in unilateral cerebral palsy children Participants will undertake and 8-week program exercise at home If there is a comparison group: Researchers will compare with the control group to see if this program decreases compensation patterns.

Full description

Children in control group will continue with their daily activities. Children in experimental group, apart from their daily activities, will undertake an 8-week program exercise at home for strengthening the trunk and the proximal part of both upper extremities. It contains 3 progressions that can be applied if needed.

Enrollment: 40 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 8 to 16 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Unilateral cerebral palsy diagnostic
• Level I or II of the Manual Ability Scale Classification

Exclusion criteria

• Have received any intervention with botulinum toxin or shock waves in the previous six months or have them scheduled during the intervention
• Are undergoing treatment with intensive therapies.
• To have known alteration in the hips
• Have very serious attention or comprehension difficulties that prevent them from following instructions.
• Suffer uncontrolled epilepsies
• Suffer from severe visual problems.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

Standard group

No Intervention group

Description:

Children in this group will continue with their daily activities such as conventional physiotherapy and occupational therapy, even psychology, and their physical activities such as swimming or playing football.

TUPEX group

Experimental group

Description:

Children in this group will continue with their daily activities and will add the TUPEX program during 8 weeks.

Treatment:

Other: TUPEX