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Music Therapy In Adolescents With Cerebral Palsy

NCT03778398 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 12

Last updated 2018-12-19

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Purpose of the study;

* To improve the upper extremity motor functions of patients with adolescent cerebral palsy,
* Prevent treatment interruptions as age progresses,
* Increase the hand functions of children with cerebral palsy and to increase their living standards.

Hand functions will be assessed with MACS (Manual Ability Classification System), hand dynamometer, box-block test, 9 hole peg test, pressing velocity measured with Cubase MIDI (musical instrument data interface) program. Patients will receive 2 days of 40 minutes per week, total 3 months of customized piano training. Each session will be started with finger warming exercises, then with the right hand, left handed and with both hands, a simple pentatonic array will be played. In the following lessons, notes will be marked with colors and simple songs will be taught. At the end of 3 months, the tests will be repeated.

Conditions

  • Cerebral Palsy

Interventions

OTHER

Neurologic music therapy

Customized piano training

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Istanbul Medeniyet University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-06-20
Primary Completion
2020-02-01
Completion
2020-03-20

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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