NCT03558230

Sensory Stimulation During CIMT

Sensory Stimulation During Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 13 (actual)
• Sponsor: Medical University of South Carolina · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 3 Years – 9 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The long-term goal of this project is to assess the impact of the novel sensory stimulation technique in enhancing outcomes of constraint-induced movement therapy (CIMT) in children with cerebral palsy. This is a pilot project.

Detailed description

The stimulation is peripheral sensory stimulation involving application of low-level, random-frequency vibration to the wrist skin. The hypothesis is that improvement in upper extremity function will be greater for the experimental group receiving the stimulation during CIMT compared with the control group who will wear the device with no vibration (placebo). This pilot study is to assess feasibility and safety.

Conditions

• Cerebral Palsy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Standardized Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy	The standardized Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy aims to improve the child's weak upper extremity through intensive frequent and repetitive movements. The therapy duration is 6 hours/day for 5 consecutive days.
BEHAVIORAL	Vibration	Vibration applied to the wrist.
BEHAVIORAL	Placebo (for vibration)	No vibration applied to the wrist.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-07-16
• Primary completion: 2018-10-28
• Completion: 2018-10-28
• First posted: 2018-06-15
• Last updated: 2019-03-08
• Results posted: 2019-03-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States