Upper Limbs Assessment in Children With Cerebral Palsy

N/ACompletedNCT01988844

Universidad de Granada31 enrolled

Overview

Cerebral palsy is the leading cause of physical disability among children. Manual dexterity and upper limbs functionality is limited between these children. The purpose of this study is to stablish a specific profile of school children with cerebral palsy based on the upper limbs assessment.

While the rates of perinatal and infant mortality have declined toward the end of the last century,the rate of cerebral palsy has remained at 2 to 2.5 per 1,000 live births. A high percentage of children with cerebral palsy have difficulty keeping up with the handwriting demands at school. The neurological impairments in children with cerebral palsy frequently limit the functionality of these children taken in to account the upper limbs variables. It should be interesting to describe a clinical profile based on this assessment.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Cerebral Palsy Children

Interventions

AssessmentOTHER

The children with cerebral palsy were assessed. Different measures evaluating the upper limbs functionality are used.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 6 YearsMax age: 10 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Cerebral palsy diagnosis. * Aged between 6 and 10 years old. * Children attending a school. Exclusion Criteria: * Severe cognitive impairment.

Locations (1)

Department of Physical Therapy

Granada, Spain, Spain

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory (PEDI)

This inventory assess the key functional capabilities and performance in children between six months to seven years old. Three subscales are observed: self-care, mobility and social function. It helps you to identify areas of new functional intervention. Also, it is used to identify functional deficits.

Time frame: baseline

Upper limbs functionality

The functionality is measured using the Abilhand-kids questionnaire. This questionnaire was designed to cover the widest range of children's manual activities including both unimanual and bimanual activities. For each question, the children and their parents were asked to provide their perceived difficulty to perform the activity on a three-level scale: impossible (0), difficult (1), or easy (2).

Time frame: baseline

Secondary Outcomes

Manual dexterity

Manual dexterity is measured using the 9-hole peg test. This is a brief, standardized, quantitative test of upper extremity function. Both the dominant and non-dominant hands are tested twice. The patient is seated at a table with a small container holding nine pegs. The patient picks up the nine pegs one at a time as quickly as possible, puts them in the nine holes, and, once they are in the holes, removes them again as quickly as possible one at a time, replacing them into the shallow container. The time is recorded.

Time frame: baseline

Executive function

The executive function is measured using the Porteus Maze Test. It consists of a series of mazes graded in difficulty and standardized for application to children from three years old.

Time frame: baseline

Handwriting assessment

The handwriting ability is measured with the Handwriting without tears method. It is used to assess memory, letter size,space and movement control.

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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