NCT02456376

Balance Control in Children With Cerebral Palsy

Sensor Fusion for Balance Control in Children With Cerebral Palsy

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 20 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Temple University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 8 Years – 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate how sensory information processing affects balance ability in children with cerebral palsy (CP). An additional goal is to determine if a subsensory electrical stimulation called Stochastic Resonance (SR) Stimulation, can improve balance in children with CP. Children with CP and children with typical development will participate and complete a series of clinical and balance assessments. They will also be tested in a sensor fusion paradigm to investigate potential deficits in the dynamic integration of visual, vestibular and proprioceptive information during upright stance. SR stimulation will then be used to potentially improve these deficits and subsequently their balance ability.

Conditions

• Cerebral Palsy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Sensory Integration Testing	Investigate how sensory information are integrated during upright stance when visual and body senses are challenged in a virtual reality environment
PROCEDURE	SR stimulation & Sensory integration testing	Use SR stimulation to improve sensory integration when visual and body senses are challenged in a virtual reality environment

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-05-01
• Primary completion: 2016-12-01
• Completion: 2016-12-01
• First posted: 2015-05-28
• Last updated: 2015-05-28

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: United States