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This will be a five year study that will be a prospective, randomized, controlled trial (RCT) to assess the effect of a virtual early intervention care delivery model in the provision of therapy to enhance the neurodevelopmental trajectory of infants with brain injury. In addition, the investigators will enhance understanding of the social and parental contributors to outcomes and the early health economic impact of a virtual clinic. The results of this study will help inform the design of a larger, multi-center randomized controlled trial.
The goal of this study is to test the effects of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on motor learning and brain plasticity in children with unilateral spastic cerebral palsy (USCP).
Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common physical disability in childhood. CP comprises a heterogeneous group of disorders that are the result of a non-progressive disruption or injury that occurred during fetal brain development or within the first two years of life.
The aim of this observational, cross-sectional study is to effectuate a survey of chronic pain in a population of children, adolescents and adults with various forms of cerebral palsy in an educational and therapeutic setting in Athens, Greece. (Cerebral Palsy Greece-Open Door) Prevalence, intensity and localisation of pain will be associated to factors related to the functional and communicative limitations of the study's participants. The study also examines the agreement rate between different information sources and evaluation levels of chronic pain assessment in cerebral palsy (self-reports, caregiver questionnaires, observational check-lists administered by rehabilitation professionals, clinical evaluations by experts). A further research aim is to identify behavioural markers of chronic pain in individuals with cerebral palsy and a very limited communicative level.
This study will provide exercise videos and live consultation sessions for adolescents with spastic cerebral palsy. We will recruit 20 participants with 10-18 years old and will be randomized into an experimental or control group. The experimental group will receive exercises videos 2 times a week and one time live consultation session for 8 weeks. The Control group will receive exercise videos 3 times a week for 8 weeks. Both groups will use HIPAA compliant telehealth provider (Physitrack website/ app).
Cerebral palsy (CP) is a non-progressive condition of the central nervous system caused by immature brain damage before, during or after birth. Persons affected by CP experience disability of various types. In individuals with CP, one of the most frequent symptoms is limited hand function. Other issues that often occur are muscle weakness, spasticity and problems with balance. Injection with Botulinum Toxin A (BoNT-A) is common treatment for spasticity in patients with injury in central nervous system, e.g. traumatic brain injury, stroke, spinal cord injuries and CP.The main goal of the project is to explore if motion controlled video game treatment alone or in combination with injection treatment with BoNT-A lead to improvement of hand function, activity and participation in adults with CP. In the project, the investigators will evaluate if these two interventions improve balance in adults with CP. Participants will be psychologically tested in the beginning and the end of the project to evaluate if interventions can have positive effect on psychological symptoms such as depression and anxiety, The project is multidisciplinary. It involves a doctor, a nurse, an occupational therapist, a physiotherapist and a psychologist. The team will in ordinary clinical practice examine participants. Individual goals will be set up in agreement with each participant. The goals will be measurable, achievable and time bound. By reviewing scope of agreed goals, the investigators will be able to summarize most frequent problems that CP patients experience in their daily life. There will be 25 participants in the study and they will be followed for 9 months. During every visit the team will examine participants, perform relevant tests and obtain objective and subjective outcomes. It will be assessed to what degree the goals have been achieved. The investigators also want to evaluate long term effects of the two intervention applied in the study. Therefore, the participants will be finally assessed 3 months after last intervention period. Based on study results, implications for future treatment volume and organization of the rehabilitation for persons with spasticity will be discussed with the participating units, hospitals, municipalities and policy makers. Professionals included in this project are also clinicians and will have an important role in ensuring that the findings are included in clinical guidelines and educational activities.
The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between trunk control and lower extremity selective motor control during the movement of sit to stand (STS) in children with cerebral palsy (CP).
To estimate the effectiveness of strength training after administration of botulinum toxin in children with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy and hemiplegic cerebral palsy on muscle volume and gross motor function. Forty Children with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy (CSDP) and children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy (CHCP) in GMFCS levels I, II and III will be recruited by the convenience sampling method. Thickness of both hamstring and gastrocnemius will be recorded with Ultra Sound Imaging method, pre and post 12 weeks of intervention. In ST group only strength training will be provided. While in BT-ST group, strength training will be provided after the administering Botulinum toxin into the muscle belly guided under Ultra sound imaging. Pre-post intervention differences in muscle thickness and gross motor function will be recorded and analysed.
Children with cerebral palsy are frequently supplied with Ankle Foot Orthoses (AFOs) to aid their walking. There are huge benefits to patients in staying physically active into adulthood but this becomes more challenging as children progress through adolescence. It is possible to measure the functional benefits of AFO use, however the investigators suspect the correlation with patient compliance is poor. By combining quantitative analysis using 3D gait analysis with qualitative exploration of children's experience the investigators hope to gain a better understanding of the factors influencing children's compliance. This compliance will be measured using sensors mounted in the AFOs, over a 3 month period. The investigators hope this research will help clinicians manage patients better and also inform changes in splint design.