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A Comparison: High Intense Periodic vs. Every Week Therapy in Children With Cerebral Palsy (ACHIEVE)

NCT02897024 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 108

Last updated 2021-02-24

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Summary

The ACHIEVE study is a comparison of the effectiveness of 2 intensities of physical therapy treatment for children with Cerebral Palsy in an outpatient physical therapy setting. High intensity periodic is 2 hours of focused and high intense treatment per weekday for 4 weeks. In comparison, usual weekly is considered standard of care; although both dosing models are used clinically for children with CP. Participants are assign to the treatment group at random. Participant who are unable to consent to randomization are allowed to chose a treatment group.

Conditions

  • Cerebral Palsy

Interventions

OTHER

Physical Therapy

One-on-one physical therapy sessions (one therapist and one patient). Principles of motor learning used include repetition, task-specificity, active practice, generalization of skills, errors, structured practice, and developmentally appropriate feedback with sufficient time to practice.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

    collaborator OTHER

  • Ohio State University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jill Heathcock, MPT, PhD · Ohio State University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-09-30
Primary Completion
2020-12-31
Completion
2020-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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