Changes in Everydaylife Activity of Children With CP During HABIT-ILE

Université Catholique de Louvain40 enrolled

Overview

Studying in a RCT the changes in everyday llife activities of children with CP during HABIT-ILE or control period, changes being scored by parents and by experts.

Studying in a RCT the changes in everyday llife activities of children with CP (unilateral and bilateral) during HABIT-ILE or control period, changes being scored by parents and by experts on ABILHAND-Kids, the PEDI, the ACTIVLM-CP and the COPM. Investigate neuroplastic changes and correlation with everyday life changes.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

DOUBLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Cerebral Palsy

Interventions

HABIT-ILEOTHER

Hand and arm bimanual intensive therapy including lower extremities

ControlOTHER

Usual customary care

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 5 YearsMax age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * cerebral palsy * ability to make a few steps with a walking device * ability to pick a light object from a table with the more affected hand * ability to understand simple games Exclusion Criteria: * no active seizure * no botulinum toxin in the 6 months previous to the intervention or during intervention time * major visual deficit

Locations (1)

Institute of Neuroscience, Université catholique de Louvain

Brussels, Belgium

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Change in activity measure (questionnaires)

change in a measure of daily activities through ABILHAND-Kids, ACTIVLIM-CP and the COPM

Time frame: 2 weeks of intervention and 4 months (follow-up)

Secondary Outcomes

neuroplastic changes in the cortex (MRI, fMRI, DTI, TMS)

measure of neuroplastic changes through TMS and MRI

Time frame: baseline and 2 weeks of intervention

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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