The primary goal of CP-MOVES is to evaluate 1) the preliminary efficacy of a telehealth-delivered, parent coaching intervention in the use of adaptive standers, on physical activity, sleep, and endurance in young children with severe motor delays and 2) on physical activity, sedentary time, resting heart rate, and perceived stress in parents. The main questions we aim to answer include: 1. Do measures of physiological fitness and sleep in children with severe motor delays (i.e., unable to stand without support) change after a therapist-directed, parent-delivered intervention using telehealth and adaptive standers? 2. Do parents report any changes in their child's endurance, participation, or quality of life OR parent stress following intervention? Children ages 1-6 years old with severe motor delay and one parent will: 1. Complete three 30 minute sessions of standing in an adapted stander per week for 8 weeks. One session per week will be completed with a physical therapist, delivered through telehealth and two sessions per week will be completed as a home program with the parent and child (no therapist or telehealth). 2. Wear activity tracker sensors on the wrist(s) and waist for one-week before and after treatment. 3. Complete questionnaires about the child's endurance, participation, and quality of life and the parent's stress, before and after treatment.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
20
The intervention includes 8 weeks of adaptive standing training delivered via telehealth with PT parent-coaching (1 telehealth session/week + 2 parent-led practice sessions/week). Sessions are 30 minutes, 3x/ week. Participants are provided a stander, sized to their age and body size for use during the study.
Pediatric Assessment and Rehabilitation Lab
Columbus, Ohio, United States
Wearable sensor physical activity data: Vector Magnitude
Vector Magnitude is a measure of moderate to vigorous physical activity measured in G-Force units. To be measured pre/post in parent and child.
Time frame: From enrollment to end of 8-week treatment period
Wearable sensor physical activity data: Daily Activity Counts
Wearable sensor outcomes measured in parent and child. Daily Activity Counts are a measure of frequency and intensity of physical activity, converted from raw acceleration data to unitless count data.
Time frame: From enrollment to end of 8-week treatment period
Wearable sensor physical activity data: Average Resting Heart Rate
Wearable sensor outcomes measured in parent and child., Average resting heart rate, measure in beats per minute, provides a measure of cardiorespiratory fitness.
Time frame: From enrollment to end of 8-week treatment period
Wearable sensor physical activity data
Wearable sensor outcomes measured in parent and child. Daily sedentary time, measured in minutes, quantifies the amount of time per day spent sitting, lying or otherwise stationary.
Time frame: From enrollment to end of 8-week treatment period
Sleep wearable sensor data: total sleep time
Sleep data measured in child only. Total sleep time is the amount of time, in minutes, that the child is sleeping.
Time frame: From enrollment until end of treatment period ( 8 weeks)
Sleep wearable sensor data: Sleep Latency
Sleep data measured in child only. Sleep latency is a measure of the time gap between when the child lays down at bedtime until they fall asleep, as measured by the wearable sensor. Sleep latency is measured in minutes.
Time frame: From enrollment until end of treatment period ( 8 weeks)
Sleep wearable sensor data: Sleep efficiency
Sleep data measured in child only. Sleep efficiency is the proportion of time in bed that the child is asleep and is reported as a percentage.
Time frame: From enrollment until end of treatment period ( 8 weeks)
CP-CHILD
A parent report measured designs to collect data across 6 domains including Activities of daily living, positioning transferring and mobility, comfort and emotions, communication social interaction, health, and overall quality of life. There are a total of 37 questions and. The questionnaire takes between 20 and 30 minutes to complete using a paper or electronic form.
Time frame: before and after 8-week intervention
Young Child-Participation in Environment Measure (YC-PEM)
A parent report measure that provides detailed information about the child's participation home school and in the community. These activities are measured according to frequency, level of involvement, desire for change in child's level of participation, and environmental supports. The YC-PEM includes 28 items and is valid in children 0-5 years old.
Time frame: Before and after 8-week treatment
The Early Activity Scale for Endurance (EASE)
Measures endurance during physical activity in children with cerebral palsy. Eleven questions are rated on a 5 point Likert scale with a higher total score indicating higher endurance.
Time frame: Before and after 8 week treatment
Perceived Stress Scale-14 (PSS-14)
Parents rate their stress levels over the past month. Fourteen items are rated on a 5-point Likert scale; higher scores indicate greater perceived stress.
Time frame: Before and after 8-week treatment period
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