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The Use of Armeo Spring in Upper Extremity Rehabilitation

NCT02636205 · Status: SUSPENDED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 15

Last updated 2016-10-13

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the use of the Armeo®Spring Pediatric as therapy for children with hand and arm weakness. The Armeo®Spring Pediatric is a device that supports the weight of the child's arm and uses joystick that helps to play computer games. The child will be assessed before and after this therapy. Participating children with upper extremity impairments will receive therapy 3x/week for 6 weeks during 30-45 minutes sessions at progressively increasing degrees of difficulty. Each child's performance will be tracked with regard to time necessary to complete a predetermined number of trials of the activity. The standardized assessment tools that will be used are the Assisting Hand Assessment (AHA), Box \& Blocks test, Jebsen Taylor hand function test, and the Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory-Computer Adaptive Test (PEDI-CAT). Data will be analyzed to determine the efficacy of this training method.

Conditions

  • Hemiplegia
  • Cerebral Palsy
  • Upper Extremity Weakness

Interventions

DEVICE

Armeo therapy

Participants will receive 18 sessionsx30 mins of ArmeoSpring therapy over 6weeks.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • St Mary's Hospital for Children

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Swetha Krishnaswamy, MS OTR/L · St Mary's Hospital for Children

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
7 Years
Max Age
17 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-07-31
Primary Completion
2016-09-30
Completion
2016-12-31

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