Effectiveness of Routine Physical Therapy With Intensive Bimanual Training in Cerebral Palsy Children

Cerebral Palsy Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effectiveness of Routine Physical Therapy With or Without Home Based Intensive Bimanual Training on Clinical Outcomes in Cerebral Palsy Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04755556
• Other study ID #: IRB-UOL-FAHS/718-XI/2020
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: March 6, 2020
• Est. completion date: December 6, 2020

Study information

• Verified date: February 2021
• Source: University of Lahore
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Effectiveness of Routine Physical Therapy With or Without Home Based Intensive Bimanual Training on Clinical Outcomes in Cerebral Palsy Children

Description:

Cerebral Palsy is one of the most common issue seen in pediatric rehabilitation .Home based intensive Bimanual training has proven to be one of the most effective rehabilitation training for improving motor. The study determines the effectiveness of routine physical therapy with or without home-based intensive bimanual training on coordination of hands and daily activities of daily living. A nine months randomized control trial was comprised of thirty children with unilateral spastic cerebral palsy aged between 4 to 7 years. One group received routine physical therapy and the other group received a goal specific bimanual training from their parents in their home setting for 3.5 hours per week for 6 weeks according to a modified set up. Follow up sessions were done at 6th week. Activities of daily living and coordination were measured using Pediatric motor log activity scale and ABILHAND respectively.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 30
• Est. completion date: December 6, 2020
• Est. primary completion date: December 6, 2020
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 4 Years to 7 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Spastic CP children
• Both male and female
• Age 4-7 years
• Actively grasp of objects from table i.e., stuff toys, making blocks
• One to one attention

Exclusion Criteria:

• Cognitive delays preventing the child from following two-step instructions
• Health diagnoses unassociated with USCP.
• Parents unable to commit to entire duration of intervention.
• Visual difficulties preventing performance of intervention tasks.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cerebral Palsy
• Paralysis

Intervention

Other:
• home based intensive bimanual training
Home Based Intensive Bimanual Training with Routine Physical Therapy bimanual training includes. functional activities play with ball, make a dough, make beads, make blocks .Routine Physical Therapy includes stretching spastic muscles, EMS, normalizing muscle tone.
• Routine Physical Therapy
Routine physical Therapy includes stretching spastic muscles, EMS, normalizing muscle tone.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Pakistan	University of lahore	Lahore	Punjab

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Lahore

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Pakistan, 

References & Publications (4)

He P, Chen G, Wang Z, Guo C, Zheng X. Children with motor impairment related to cerebral palsy: Prevalence, severity and concurrent impairments in China. J Paediatr Child Health. 2017 May;53(5):480-484. doi: 10.1111/jpc.13444. Epub 2017 Jan 17. — View Citation

Oskoui M, Coutinho F, Dykeman J, Jetté N, Pringsheim T. An update on the prevalence of cerebral palsy: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2013 Jun;55(6):509-19. doi: 10.1111/dmcn.12080. Epub 2013 Jan 24. Review. Erratum in: Dev Med Child Neurol. 2016 Mar;58(3):316. — View Citation

Patel DR, Neelakantan M, Pandher K, Merrick J. Cerebral palsy in children: a clinical overview. Transl Pediatr. 2020 Feb;9(Suppl 1):S125-S135. doi: 10.21037/tp.2020.01.01. Review. — View Citation

Trønnes H, Wilcox AJ, Lie RT, Markestad T, Moster D. Risk of cerebral palsy in relation to pregnancy disorders and preterm birth: a national cohort study. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2014 Aug;56(8):779-85. doi: 10.1111/dmcn.12430. Epub 2014 Mar 13. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	ABILHAND	hand coordination	6th week
Secondary	Pediatric Motor Log Activity Scale	Activity of Daily Living	6th week