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- Background: Unilateral Spastic Cerebral Palsy (USPC) is caused by an injury in one brain hemisphere in the immature brain, and affects the contralateral side of the body, especially on the upper limb. It induces motor and somatosensory damages, that are closely related to the hand function. Evidence posits mirror therapy to be a therapy with potential effects on bimanual performance and somatosensory function, that may influence on quality of life. The aim of this study is to demonstrate the effectiveness of a motor program with mirror therapy in children with USCP in the improvement of the bimanual performance, the somatosensory function and quality of life compared with the same program without mirror. - Methods: This study is a Randomised Clinical Trial. The participants are children with USCP aged between 8 and 12 years old classified in levels I and II in Manual Ability Classification System, recruited from Fundació Aspace Catalunya. The eligibility criteria are a) to not have had surgical interventions, botulinum toxin or shock waves 3 months before the study; b) to not be receiving intensive therapies on the upper limb; c) to not have attentional or behavioural difficulties; d) to not have moderate to high intellectual disability; e) to not have non-treated epilepsy; and f) to not have non-corrected visual problems. A total of 22 participants will be recruited for this study, and will be randomised in two groups: control and experimental, through the opaque envelope technique. The experimental group will perform a 5-week motor program consisting of 4 bimanual exercises with mirror therapy, to be done at home 30 minutes a day, 5 days a week, while the control group will perform the same program without the mirror. The assessments will be done by a blinded evaluator and will include bimanual performance (Children's Hand-use Experience Questionnaire), somatosensory function and quality of life (PedsQLâ„¢), and will be performed at the beginning, at the end of the intervention and 1-month follow-up. - Discussion: Favourably results in this study may imply the implementation of a low-cost therapy, suitable to be done at home, and with no contraindications for children with USCP. Moreover, the suitability to be adapted and performed at home could increase the family implication and empowerment, increasing its confidence in the disability process.


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NCT number NCT05244083
Study type Interventional
Source Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
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Status Enrolling by invitation
Phase N/A
Start date January 1, 2022
Completion date December 31, 2024

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