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Effects of Music Therapy in Children With Cerebral Palsy

NCT03640585 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2018-09-07

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Summary

Purpose:To observe the effects of music therapy on gross motor functions, pain and functional independence measurement in children with cerebral palsy(CP).

Methods:Forty children with CP between 5-11years of age,were randomly divided into a music therapy(MT)+Neurodevelopmental techniques(NDT)group and only NDT group.Children listened to Classical music disc for 45 minutes.Children treated by NDT while listening to this music.Children were evaluated with Gross Motor Function Measurement(GMFM-88),WeeFIM for functional independence measurement,Wong-Baker faces pain rating scale (FACES) for pain intensity before,at the end of treatment and after 3 months of treatment.The treatments were given 3 times in every week,and totally 15 treatments were applied for 5 weeks.

Conditions

  • Cerebral Palsy

Interventions

OTHER

Music therapy

Only the neurodevelopmental therapy was applied in the second group without music. A total of 15 treatments were administered for 5 weeks, 3 sessions per week for all patients. The sessions were 45 minutes.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Istanbul Bilgi University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • TOMRIS DUYMAZ · Istanbul Bilgi University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
5 Years
Max Age
11 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-12-03
Primary Completion
2018-05-02
Completion
2018-09-23

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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