NCT00630422

Functional Abilities in Rett Syndrome

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 64 (actual)
• Sponsor: Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate and determinate the functional abilities in Rett syndrome conforming to the established Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory (PEDI).

Detailed description

Rett syndrome (RS) is a progressive neurological disturbance of genetic cause that affects females almost exclusively. It is caused by mutations, usually sporadic, of the MECP2 gene located in the X chromosome. In consequence to the serious cognitive and motor compromise, the RS patients have great difficulty in accomplishing day-to-day tasks. The objective of this work is to evaluate the functional abilities in RS to help therapists in theirs treatments programs.

Conditions

• Rett Syndrome

Timeline

• Start date: 2006-02-01
• Primary completion: 2006-09-01
• Completion: 2006-12-01
• First posted: 2008-03-07
• Last updated: 2008-03-07

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil