Movement Characterization in Spastic/Dystonic Cerebral Palsy Using Haptic Feedback in Virtual Reality

Cerebral Palsy, Spastic Clinical Trial

Official title: Movement Impairment Characterization and Rehabilitation for Spastic/Dystonic Cerebral Palsy Using Robotic Haptic Feedback in Virtual Reality

Status Recruiting

Clinical Trial Summary

This game-like intervention using virtual reality will provide an objective and quantitative characterization of dystonia and spasticity presentations in cerebral palsy, even if combined, through the process of motor learning. This intervention could have a therapeutic benefit in the rehabilitation of children with cerebral palsy.

Clinical Trial Description

Cerebral palsy is the most common developmental motor disorder in children. Individuals with cerebral palsy demonstrate abnormal muscle tone and motor control. Within the population of children with cerebral palsy, between 4% and 17% present dystonic symptoms and between 80% to 95% of cases present spasticity. In many cases spasticity and dystonia are present in the same child and accurate diagnosis may be challenging.

This study consists of a randomized controlled trial that uses a virtual reality game-based intervention incorporating fully-automated robotic haptic feedback to aid the the objective, quantitative diagnosis of spasticity and dystonia u=in CP. The study consists of face-to-face assessments of movement before, after, and one-month following the completion of the six-session game-based intervention. Children with spastic/dystonic cerebral palsy and typically developing children between the ages of 7 and 17 will be recruited for this study. The investigators anticipate to recruit a total of 68 participants, 34 with cerebral palsy and 34 typically developing. Both groups of children will be randomly allocated into an intervention or control group using a blocked randomization method. Movement outcomes will be examined for changes in quantitative and clinical measures in children with spastic/dystonic cerebral palsy and typically developing children to aid on the classification of movement disorders. Pair t-tests will be conducted on movement outcomes for both groups of children independently. Positive and negative results will be reported and addressed. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cerebral Palsy
• Cerebral Palsy, Mixed
• Cerebral Palsy, Spastic
• Muscle Spasticity
• Paralysis

• NCT number: NCT03744884
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Contact: Citlali Lopez-Ortiz, PhD
• Phone: 217-300-1022
• Email: lopezort@illinois.edu
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: December 1, 2018
• Completion date: January 1, 2021