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Filter by:This study will focus on the feasibility of a modified cognitive behavioral program for pain management among children and youth with cerebral palsy (CP) on developing pain coping skills and reducing pain interference levels The study design is a randomized control feasibility trial. Participants will be placed randomly into one of two groups based on chance (50/50). The 2 groups are: (1) immediate treatment group and (2) delayed wait-list treatment group. Both groups will receive the same intervention protocol.
The aim of the study is to assess the impact of the innovative walking aid HIBBOT on the functions, activity and participation of young children with Cerebral Palsy, in comparison with conventional walking aids.
Cerebral Palsy (CP) is a disorder of the development of movement and posture, causing activity limitations attributed to nonprogressive disturbances of the fetal or infant brain that may also affect sensation, perception, cognition, communication, and behavior. Motor control during reaching, grasping, and walking are disturbed by spasticity, dyskinesia, hyperreflexia, excessive coactivation of antagonist muscles, retained developmental reactions, and secondary musculoskeletal malformations, together with paresis and defective programing. Weakness and hypoextensibility of the muscles are due not only to inadequate recruitment of motor units, but also to changes in mechanical stresses and hormonal factors. As it affects the children, therefore it should be emphasized. Effect of Augmented Reality (AR) based therapeutic games on the range of motion, muscle strength,function of upper limb and balance of spastic hemiplegic cerebral palsy children would be assessed through goniometer, manual muscle testing (MMT), disability of Arms, Shoulders, and Hand (DASH) questionnaire, and Pediatric Berg Balance Scale, respectively.
The main outcome of physical therapy interventions is the progress of gross motor functions which result from the interactions between many factors not limited to physical, medical or surgical interventions but also including child characteristics and socializing agents. Aim of the study: To determine the effect of socioeconomic status (SES), child characteristics (age, sex, severity, and type of cerebral palsy) on the progress of gross motor functions in children with cerebral palsy. Methods: Prospective cohort study on eighty children (44 boys, 36 girls) aging 3.11 ± 0.88 years old, diagnosed as spastic cerebral palsy. The gross motor function measure (GMFM-88) between two-time intervals with follow-up time 6 months Results: The median of the mean difference for the GMFM scores was related to socioeconomic status, age, sex, severity, and type of CP.
The study was conducted to assess the influence of aerobic exercise on inhibitory control of executive functions in spastic hemiplegic cerebral palsy.
In this study, investigators aimed to evaluate the communication functions of children between 2-18 with cerebral palsy. Investigators planned to investigate the relationship between communication skills and clinical characteristics and socio-demographic status of the family.
Cerebral palsy (CP) is a major cause of disability. Many children with CP develop foot deformities as they grow and these can become painful, adversely affecting their quality of life. The research team has previously studied foot morphology and biomechanics, including analysis of the subtalar joint and has successfully located the joint axis from MRI scans. In this project 25 children will be recruited (15 children with CP and 10 unimpaired control subjects). Each child will attend for a single visit, when they will undergo an MRI scan (with the foot loaded and unloaded) to measure the morphology of the ankle and foot, in particular the subtalar axis alignment. This has not been done before in CP. Each child will have an instrumented gait analysis and musculoskeletal modelling techniques will be used to study the biomechanical action of the external ground reaction force and internal muscle forces. The potential of these forces to rotate the subtalar joint and deform the foot will be assessed, resulting in new insights into potential mechanisms of foot deformity. The children will then be categorised to identify those most at risk, leading to personalised screening measures and treatment strategies in the future.
Virtual reality (VR) has shown to be effective to improve arm function in children with cerebral palsy (CP). Recently, functional strength training (FST) starts to show to improve arm function in patients with stroke but has not been extensively explored in children with CP. This pilot study is to examine the effect of FST and VR on improving arm function in children with CP as well as the neuroplasticity changes in the brain related to the level of improvement. Ten children with spastic CP will be recruited to participate in this pilot study. Children will be randomized to receive either VR of FST for 60 minutes per session x 3 sessions per week x 6 weeks at their home. All children will be evaluated prior to and immediately after the intervention at their home for clinical tests and at CABI for the MRI measures. Brain imaging data and clinical outcome measures including reaching kinematics, standardized fine motor assessment tool (Peabody Developmental Motor Scale-2nd edition), and daily use of affected hand (using Revised Pediatric Motor Activity Log) will be evaluated. A physical therapist who is blinded to the status will conduct the assessment. The investigators anticipate children in both groups will improve their arm function after intervention; however, children in the VR group will have a better improvement as compared with children in the FST group.
The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of treadmill back walking training on balance and function in cerebral palsy. In our study, scientific data will be prepared by clinical measurement tools in order to determine whether there is balance and walking effect of easy and practicable treadmill back walking training in the clinical setting in Cerebral Palsy.
The aim of this study is to compare motor functions and quality of life of the children, and anxiety and depression levels of caregivers according to feeding type of children with cerebral palsy.