The goal of this clinical trial is to test the effectiveness of a trunk and upper extremities exercise program. The main questions it aims to answer are: Whether the program decreases compensation patterns in unilateral cerebral palsy children Whether the program decreases pain in unilateral cerebral palsy children Whether the program improves bimanual ability in unilateral cerebral palsy children Participants will undertake and 8-week program exercise at home If there is a comparison group: Researchers will compare with the control group to see if this program decreases compensation patterns.
Children in control group will continue with their daily activities. Children in experimental group, apart from their daily activities, will undertake an 8-week program exercise at home for strengthening the trunk and the proximal part of both upper extremities. It contains 3 progressions that can be applied if needed.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
40
This program contains exercises with their own body weight or with Thera-bands for gaining strength in their shoulder and trunk muscles. It contains some progression exercise if needed. Each session can last between 20 and 30 minutes. Children have to do each session three times a week during 8 weeks.
Rate of variance of the Compensation patterns
DeepLabCut (DLC) (Artificial Intelligence). Calculate the kinematic difference of the body marks during the activities
Time frame: 8 weeks
Intensity of pain
Face Pain Scale - Revised (FPS-R). The face marked is compared before and after the treatment. 0 is the minimum scores, meaning no pain, and 10 is the maximum score, meaning really severe pain.
Time frame: 8 weeks
Location of pain
In the Body Diagram. The location of the pain is compared before and after the treatment
Time frame: 8 weeks
Bimanual ability
Children Hand-Use Experience Questionaire 2.0 (CHEQ 2.0). Whether they are more capable of doing more bimanual activities or not. The maximum score in each question is 100 and the minimum is 0. 100 means children use their hands like the neurotypical children, and 0 means they can't use the affected hand at all.
Time frame: 8 weeks
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