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A Comparative Study of the Effectiveness of Treatment of Contractures With Mechanically Applied Stretch and Heat.

NCT00281359 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2014-11-05

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study is looking at new ways to stretch knee contractures in children with cerebral palsy using a specially designed splint.

Conditions

  • Cerebral Palsy

Interventions

DEVICE

With heat

heat pad followed by dynamic splinting

DEVICE

No heat

No heat added to tissue prior to dynamic splinting

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Action Medical Research

    collaborator OTHER

  • Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic and District NHS Trust

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • John Patrick · Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
8 Years
Max Age
16 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2003-04-30
Primary Completion
2006-09-30
Completion
2006-09-30

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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