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Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) for Upper Extremity Hemiplegia in Children With Cerebral Palsy

NCT03016923 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 3

Last updated 2018-02-26

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The proposed pilot study seeks to explore the effectiveness of Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) to improve upper limb function in children and youth (aged 6 to 18 years) with hemiplegic cerebral palsy, as measured by the QUEST grasp score and other secondary outcome measures obtained pre- and post-intervention in a case series study design.

Conditions

  • Cerebral Palsy

Interventions

DEVICE

FES Therapy

FES therapy will be administered over the course of 1 hour sessions that will be take place 3 times per week over 16 weeks, for a total of 48 sessions.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Darcy Fehlings, MD, MSc · Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
6 Years
Max Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-03-31
Primary Completion
2017-08-25
Completion
2017-08-25

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