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Action Observation in Children With Diplegic Cerebral Palsy

NCT05223257 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 54

Last updated 2022-03-31

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Summary

A new rehabilitative approach, called AOT, based on the discovery of mirror neuron system (MNS), has been used with promising results on the Upper Limb (UL) function in some studies in children with Cerebral Palsy (CP).

The purpose of the present trial is to provide evidence by an RCT, preceded by a pilot study, that customized and home based AOT training is an effective rehabilitation tool in children with diplegic CP (DCP) and that its effects are greater than standard care.

Both Hands Assessment (BoHA) is chosen as primary outcome measure and a sample size of 27 per group is required. The rehabilitation lasting 8 weeks will be provided at home by an ICT platform able to deliver, manage, monitor and measure a personalized AOT.

Conditions

  • Diplegic Cerebral Palsy

Interventions

OTHER

AOT

Observation of video sequences showing unimanual and bimanual goal-directed actions followed by the execution of the observed actions with upper limbs for unimanual and bimanual actions.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • IRCCS reggio emilia

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • University of Parma

    collaborator OTHER

  • IRCCS Fondazione Stella Maris

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-06-01
Primary Completion
2025-06-16
Completion
2025-09-16

Countries

  • Italy

Study Locations

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