NCT01078766

Constraint-induced Movement Therapy and Hand Arm Bimanual Training in Children With Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy (CP)

Constraint-induced Movement Therapy and Hand Arm Bimanual Training in Children With Hemiplegic CP

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 9 (actual)
• Sponsor: Alyn Pediatric & Adolescent Rehabilitation Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 6 Years – 9 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The combination of the constraint-induced movement therapy (CIMT) method as a complement to hand arm bimanual training (HABIT) will improve the frequency and quality of cooperative hand use and function in children with hemiplegic CP.

Conditions

• Cerebral Palsy
• Hand Function

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	CIMT+HABIT	The daily schedule included one hour of constraining the functional arm with intensive activation of the hemi-paretic arm and then 5 hours of various structured, intensive bimanual functional activities,

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-08-01
• Primary completion: 2010-03-01
• First posted: 2010-03-02
• Last updated: 2016-04-08