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A Modified Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy Program in Rehabilitation of Arm Paresis in Children With Cerebral Palsy

NCT00473447 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 10

Last updated 2007-05-15

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if a modified protocol of constraint-induced movement therapy (CIT) is effective in rehabilitation treatment of arm paresis in children with cerebral palsy. In these children one main problem the non-use of the affected arm. Many studies showed that the non-use phenomenon can by reversed by the CIT, a rehabilitation program consisting of 15 days of restraining the unaffected arm plus a daily intensive (6 hours/day) physiotherapy training of the paretic arm. The present study aims at evaluating if a shortened CIT protocol (restraining device plus only 2 weekly hours of physiotherapy) is effective in improving use and function of children paretic arm

Conditions

  • Hemiparesis
  • Cerebral Palsy

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Modified Constraint-induced movement therapy

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Universita di Verona

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Antonio Fiaschi, MD PhD · Department of Neurological and Vision Sciences, University of Verona

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
1 Year
Max Age
10 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2004-01-31
Completion
2006-04-30

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