The goal of this pilot study is to study the effect of Vojta therpy on upper extremity function in children with cerebral palsy. The main questions are: * to study the effect of Vojta therapy on upper extremity function in children with cerebral palsy in terms of range of motion and function * to study the effect of Vojta therapy on upper extremity function in children with cerebral palsy in terms of motion analysis while perform function
Vojta therapy is an old treatment method which was discovered by Professor Vaclav Vojta, a neurologist and pediatrician. It has been used to treat children with impair motor function in Thailand since 2011. Vojta therapy encourage the movement of children via positioning and stimulate the specified zone.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
20
Vojta therapy is an old treatment method which was discovered by Professor Vaclav Vojta, a neurologist and pediatrician. It has been used to treat children with impair motor function in Thailand since 2011. Vojta therapy encourage the movement of children via positioning and stimulate the specified zone.
Srisangwan School Foundation for the Welfare of the Crippled under Royal Patronage of Her Royal Highness the Princess Mother
Nonthaburi, Thailand
Box and block test
the children have to pick the 1"\*1" cube blocks from one side of the box to the other side in 1 minute
Time frame: Baseline (before) and within 1 week after the final treatment
active range of motion of upper extremity
the children was asked to active move their shoulder, elbow and wrist for measurement
Time frame: Baseline (before) and within 1 week after the final treatment
Nine hole peg test
the children have to pick 9 pegs from the container to insert into the providing holes and record the time
Time frame: Baseline (before) and within 1 week after the final treatment
3D motion analysis of upper extremity
the markers were attached at back, sternum, both shoulders, elbows and wrists. Then, children were to forward rech the object on the table. The camera and mrakers will record and analyz the motion of both upper extremities. This measurement will be done only in children who was treated with Vojta therapy group only. This measurement will report in distance of maximum reaching, velocity and angle velocitym of shoulder, elbow, wrist with forearm pronation/supination. The other parameters are movement duration, peak velocity, time to peak velocity and trajectory straigthness.
Time frame: Baseline (before) and within 1 week after the final treatment
Video recording
The camera video will record the distance of maximum reaching in forward reaching and lateral reaching during the 3D kinematics evaluation in the gait lab of both upper extremities movement. This outcome was done in only the intervention group who received Vojta treatment.
Time frame: Baseline (before) and within 1 week after the final treatment
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