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

Cerebral Palsy Clinical Trial

Official title:

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

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02378987
• Other study ID #: 99-1917B
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: February 25, 2015
• Last updated: March 10, 2015
• Start date: October 2010
• Est. completion date: August 2012

Study information

• Verified date: August 2010
• Source: Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Taiwan: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

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.

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 46
• Est. completion date: August 2012
• Est. primary completion date: July 2012
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 4 Years to 8 Years

Eligibility

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.).

Study Design

Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cerebral Palsy

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Taiwan	Chang Gung Memorial Hospital	Taoyuan

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Taiwan, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change of Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised	Children with CP underwent the assessments of Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised.	baseline and six months	No
Secondary	Change of Percentage of Correct Consonant in six months	Children with CP underwent the assessments of Percentage of Correct Consonant	baseline and six months	No