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The Effects of Hand-Arm Bimanual Intensive Training (HABIT) in Children With Bilateral Cerebral Palsy

NCT03474848 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2020-02-06

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Summary

Hand-Arm Bimanual Intensive Training (HABIT) has been shown to result in improvements in hand function and daily functioning of children with unilateral cerebral palsy (CP). Children with bilateral CP may also present difficulties to coordinate their hands to perform activities. Thus, HABIT may be a potential intervention for these individuals. We intend to examine the effects of HABIT on hand function and daily functioning of children with bilateral CP compared with conventional occupational therapy (OT). Our hypothesis is that children receiving HABIT will present larger improvements in manual dexterity and daily functioning as compared to conventional OT.

Conditions

  • Cerebral Palsy

Interventions

OTHER

HABIT

Provision of individualized bimanual activities, individually chosen according to the child´s abilities, impairments and improvements in order to achieve success and to encourage bimanual use. Task difficulty is graded, focusing on enhancing the level of difficulty or speed, according to child's improvements. We use whole task practice (sequencing successive movements in the context of activities), part task practice (practice of specific components of the task in a repetitive sequence of time) and individualized functional goal training.

OTHER

Conventional Occupational Therapy (OT)

Children will maintain the occupational therapy sessions with their therapists, without any change in their routine at the rehabilitation center. Strategies such as functional training, stretching and sensory stimulation are used.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Federal University of Minas Gerais

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Marina B Brandão, Doctor · Federal University of Minas Gerais

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-01-05
Primary Completion
2018-04-30
Completion
2019-03-30

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