Status:
COMPLETED
Effectiveness of the Functional Hand Splint and Specific Tasks in the Domiciliary Environment Applied to Children With Unilateral Cerebral Palsy
Lead Sponsor:
Universidad San Jorge
Collaborating Sponsors:
AIDIMO Asociación para la investigación en la discapacidad motriz
Conditions:
Hemiplegia and Hemiparesis
Cerebral Palsy Infantile
Eligibility:
All Genders
5-12 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The main objective: To determine the effectiveness of a treatment that combines the application of a functional upper limb orthosis together with a home-based program of specific tasks in children wi...
Detailed Description
Randomized clinical trial with blinding of the evaluator and the person analyzing the data. A home-based protocol of specific tasks will be performed in both groups and one of the groups will also re...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Diagnosis of unilateral cerebral palsy (hemiplegia-hemiparesis).
- Ages between 5 and 12 years.
- Levels I-III of the Manual Ability Classification System (MACS)
- Levels I-III of the Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS)
- Able to understand and respond to verbal instructions.
Exclusion
- Cognitive impairment identified by the school report.
- Hand orthopedic surgery in the last 6 months.
- Neuropharmacological intervention in the last 6 months.
- Allergy to upper limb orthosis material.
- Affectation of the manual function not due to the neurological condition (trauma, burn ...).
- Current treatments not compatible with the study.
- Other significant neurological affections (crisis, severe visual impairment ...).
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 11 2017
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
March 19 2019
Estimated Enrollment :
33 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03282422
Start Date
September 11 2017
End Date
March 19 2019
Last Update
July 17 2019
Active Locations (2)
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1
AIDIMO Asociación para la investigación en la discapacidad motriz
Zaragoza, Spain, 50011
2
Universidad San Jorge
Zaragoza, Spain, 50830