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Intensive Home-based Bimanual and Lower-limb Training in Young Children With Hemiplegia

NCT02299284 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 24

Last updated 2017-05-09

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

A randomized control trial to test the efficacy of a new treatment involving intensive home-based bimanual training (Hand-Arm Bimanual Intensive Therapy (HABIT) and intensive home-based functional lower-limb training in children with hemiplegia. The protocols have been developed at TC Columbia University to be child friendly and draw upon the investigators experience since 1998 with intensive movement therapy in children with cerebral palsy. The aim is to promote either the use/coordination of movement of the hands or improve lower-limb balance, strength, and function. Caregivers will be trained at the investigator center and then be asked to do 2 hours per day, 5 days per week, for 9 weeks (90 hours total) of activities with their child in their own home. The activities will be supervised by the investigators team via computer. Participants do NOT need to live in the New York City area, but a one-time weekend visit to the investigators center is required for training. All measurement and treatment is performed in the home.

Participants are randomized to receive either HABIT or lower-limb training. If caregivers wish, they may chose to be crossed over at the end of the study and trained to receive the other treatment. PARTICIPATION IS FREE. Please check out the investigators website for more information: http://www.tc.edu/centers/cit/

Conditions

  • Cerebral Palsy

Interventions

OTHER

Intensive Home-based Bimanual and Lower-limb Training in Young Children With Hemiplegia

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Teachers College, Columbia University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Andrew Gordon, Ph.D. · Teachers College, Columbia University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
2 Years
Max Age
12 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-06-30
Primary Completion
2015-06-30
Completion
2015-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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