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Balance Control in Children With Cerebral Palsy

NCT02456376 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2015-05-28

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate how sensory information processing affects balance ability in children with cerebral palsy (CP). An additional goal is to determine if a subsensory electrical stimulation called Stochastic Resonance (SR) Stimulation, can improve balance in children with CP. Children with CP and children with typical development will participate and complete a series of clinical and balance assessments. They will also be tested in a sensor fusion paradigm to investigate potential deficits in the dynamic integration of visual, vestibular and proprioceptive information during upright stance. SR stimulation will then be used to potentially improve these deficits and subsequently their balance ability.

Conditions

  • Cerebral Palsy

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Sensory Integration Testing

Investigate how sensory information are integrated during upright stance when visual and body senses are challenged in a virtual reality environment

PROCEDURE

SR stimulation & Sensory integration testing

Use SR stimulation to improve sensory integration when visual and body senses are challenged in a virtual reality environment

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Shriners Hospitals for Children

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Delaware

    collaborator OTHER

  • Temple University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • John Jeka, PhD · Temple University

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
8 Years
Max Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-05-31
Primary Completion
2016-12-31
Completion
2016-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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