Relationship Between Trunk Control and Hand Function and Quality of Life

Quality of Life Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Trunk Control Which is Fundamental in Hemiparetic and Diparetic Cerebral Palsied Children: Its Relationship With Hand Function and Quality of Life

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05206461
• Other study ID #: KaratayU1
• Status: Completed
• Start date: January 1, 2020
• Est. completion date: December 13, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: January 2022
• Source: KTO Karatay University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Increasing quality of life and improving hand functions are very substantial treatment goals for physiotherapy and rehabilitation. Trunk control is important for these parameters in children with hemiparetic and diparetic Cerebral Palsy.

Description:

Trunk control, hanf function and quality of life measurements were carried out by a physiotherapist using the Trunk Control Measurement Scale, 9-Hole Peg Test and Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory. Participants were informed about the procedure of the tests. The evaluation period lasted 30-40 minutes for each child.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 43
• Est. completion date: December 13, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: September 1, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 5 Years to 18 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Being between the ages of 5-18,

• Having a diagnosis of hemiparetic or diparetic CP,

• To be at the level of I-II-III according to the Gross Motor Function Classification System,

• Not having had orthopedic surgery on the upper extremity in the last 6 months,

• Not having been injected with Botulinum Toxin-A in the last 6 months,

• Accepting the study and signing the consent form.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Children who could not understand and follow simple verbal commands,

• Did not meet the inclusion criteria,

• Incomplete assessments.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cerebral Palsy
• Hand
• Quality of Life

Intervention

Other:
• Trunk Control Measurement Scale
Trunk Control Measurement Scale, easy and simple to use, was used to evaluate trunk control

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	KTO Karatay University	Konya	Karatay

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
KTO Karatay University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Trunk Control Measurement Test	Trunk control	Baseline
Primary	9-Hole Peg Test	Hand function	Baseline
Primary	Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory	Quality of life	Baseline