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This study aims to evaluate the effect of a virtual reality rehabilitation protocol on visuo-motor coordination and upper limb functional abilities in children with unilateral or bilateral cerebral palsy.


Clinical Trial Description

Cerebral palsy is the most common cause of motor disability in childhood. Motor disorders result in significant upper limb impairments involving limitations in daily activities. Functional rehabilitation of the upper limb therefore appears to be of primary importance in the management of this condition. However, conventional rehabilitation programs encounter some limitations such as the repetitiveness and the lack of attractivity of the proposed protocols and the poor transfer in activities of daily life. In this context, virtual reality appears as a promising tool to provide more attractive and playful protocols with a better control and a better progressivity in the stages of rehabilitation. However, scientific evidence in this area is still insufficient to define and validate specific and safe rehabilitation programs. The goal of this study is to evaluate the effects of a virtual reality rehabilitation protocol on the improvement of visuo-motor coordination and functional abilities in children with cerebral palsy. This study will include twenty-two children with unilateral or bilateral cerebral palsy who will be randomly divided into two groups: one group receiving three weekly virtual reality rehabilitation sessions for four weeks, in addition to their usual activities, and a control group only following its usual care in the same period (classical rehabilitation). Participants will be randomly matched for age, type of cerebral palsy, (hemiplegia, quadriplegia or monoplegia) and the Manual Ability Classification System (MACS). The effectiveness of the rehabilitation protocol will be evaluated through several tests assessing motor functions of the upper limb. Thus, the visuo-motor coordination, manual dexterity, evolution of joint amplitudes, kinematics of movements and functional use of the affected upper limb in daily tasks will be examined. ;


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NCT number NCT05368922
Study type Interventional
Source Slb Pharma
Contact Héloïse Baillet, PhD
Phone +33 (0)6.72.91.63.58
Email heloise.baillet@unicaen.fr
Status Recruiting
Phase N/A
Start date March 4, 2022
Completion date September 30, 2023

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