Effectiveness of Routine Physical Therapy With Intensive Bimanual Training in Cerebral Palsy Children

University of Lahore30 enrolled

Overview

Effectiveness of Routine Physical Therapy With or Without Home Based Intensive Bimanual Training on Clinical Outcomes in Cerebral Palsy Children

Cerebral Palsy is one of the most common issue seen in pediatric rehabilitation .Home based intensive Bimanual training has proven to be one of the most effective rehabilitation training for improving motor. The study determines the effectiveness of routine physical therapy with or without home-based intensive bimanual training on coordination of hands and daily activities of daily living. A nine months randomized control trial was comprised of thirty children with unilateral spastic cerebral palsy aged between 4 to 7 years. One group received routine physical therapy and the other group received a goal specific bimanual training from their parents in their home setting for 3.5 hours per week for 6 weeks according to a modified set up. Follow up sessions were done at 6th week. Activities of daily living and coordination were measured using Pediatric motor log activity scale and ABILHAND respectively.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Cerebral Palsy

Interventions

home based intensive bimanual trainingOTHER

Home Based Intensive Bimanual Training with Routine Physical Therapy bimanual training includes. functional activities play with ball, make a dough, make beads, make blocks .Routine Physical Therapy includes stretching spastic muscles, EMS, normalizing muscle tone.

Routine Physical TherapyOTHER

Routine physical Therapy includes stretching spastic muscles, EMS, normalizing muscle tone.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 4 YearsMax age: 7 YearsHealthy volunteers:

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Inclusion Criteria: * Spastic CP children * Both male and female * Age 4-7 years * Actively grasp of objects from table i.e., stuff toys, making blocks * One to one attention Exclusion Criteria: * Cognitive delays preventing the child from following two-step instructions * Health diagnoses unassociated with USCP. * Parents unable to commit to entire duration of intervention. * Visual difficulties preventing performance of intervention tasks.

Locations (1)

University of lahore

Lahore, Punjab Province, Pakistan

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

ABILHAND

hand coordination

Time frame: 6th week

Secondary Outcomes

Pediatric Motor Log Activity Scale

Activity of Daily Living

Time frame: 6th week

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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