Upper Limb Reeducation Across Life Span

Instituto Politécnico de Leiria15 enrolled

Overview

Program Ready2E.A.T. was developed to be tested in the upper limb reeducation on population at risk, such as: * Children with dysfunction * Cognitive impaired elderly * Dementia people

Program Ready2E.A.T. consists on the training of specific upper limb tasks, including: * reaching during attention tasks * reaching during memory tasks * reaching during sequential motor tasks * reaching during fine hand movements This program has been tested as a measure of functional status (cognitive and motor habilities) in population with different risks; It also has been tested as an effective program for reeducation in cognitive affected population.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Upper Extremity Dysfunction Dementia Cerebral Palsy Cognitive Decline Eating Disorders

Interventions

Ready2E.A.T. PROGRAMOTHER

Training tasks based on: reaching activities during attention tasks, memory tasks, sequential tasks This group was assessed at T0 and then after 6 weeks of conventional therapy.

Eligibility

Sex: ALL

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * people with 60years old with cognitive decline * children aging 6-10 years old with cognitive and motor dysfunction * dysfunction in feeding participation Exclusion Criteria: * participants that do not understand 2 simnultaneous verbal commands

Locations (1)

Instituto Politécnico de Leiria

Leiria, Portugal

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Video analysis of feeding performance

performance of several feeding steps

Time frame: 6 weeks

Secondary Outcomes

Frontal assessment battery

Assessment of Executive Functions

Time frame: 6 weeks

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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