NCT01959581

Movement Enhancing Device for Children

An Innovative Device for Intervention in Infants With Nervous System Injury

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Delaware · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 1 Month – 6 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess: 1) how infants move their bodies to explore, play, and solve problems, 2) if this is different in a high-risk group of infants, and 3) if these abilities can be advanced in a high-risk group through the use of a movement assisting device.

Detailed description

Certain conditions or diagnoses identified soon after birth are known to put infants at risk for having problems with their motor (movement) development as they get older. Infants with these diagnoses are at risk for additional developmental problems due to their inability to move their bodies to explore, learn, and play. This study tests how a device that assists movement can help exploration, learning, and play in children. The information gathered in this study will help us better understand how early learning happens and how we can help individuals become better movers, learners, and problem-solvers so they can increase their participation in everyday play activities.

Conditions

• Upper Extremity Dysfunction

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Movement Enhancing Device	Naturalistic play activities using the hands while wearing the movement enhancing device.

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-05-01
• Primary completion: 2016-10-01
• Completion: 2016-10-01
• First posted: 2013-10-10
• Last updated: 2017-07-06
• Results posted: 2017-07-06

Locations

3 sites across 1 country: United States