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Parent Therapist Partnership to Provide Early, Intensive Exercise in Perinatal Stroke

NCT03672864 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 18

Last updated 2026-05-13

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Summary

A prospective, single blind, parallel group, randomized control trial to determine if early, intensive lower extremity activity delivered by a physical therapist and a parent in partnership improves gross motor function more than usual care.

Conditions

  • Perinatal Stroke

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Intensive exercise

Intensive, child-initiated movement of the lower extremity: 1 hour/day, 4 days/week, 2 sessions delivered by a physical therapist, 2 delivered by a parent. All activities are play based, and exercise intensity is enhanced by small weights placed on the dorsum of the foot and the ankle of the affected limb. Intervention is delivered over 12 weeks for a target of 48 hours of training.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Brain Canada

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Alberta

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jaynie Yang · University of Alberta

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
8 Months
Max Age
36 Months
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-02-15
Primary Completion
2026-12-31
Completion
2026-12-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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