NCT03858335

Therapeutic Effects of Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy on Young Children With Cerebral Palsy

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 32 (actual)
• Sponsor: Samsung Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 7 Months – 36 Months
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study evaluates the therapeutic effects of constraint-induced movement therapy on infants and children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy. Half of the participants will receive CIMT (constraint-induced movement therapy) and others will not.

Detailed description

This study evaluates the therapeutic effects of constraint-induced movement therapy on infants and children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy. Half of the participants will receive CIMT (constraint-induced movement therapy) and others will not. Participants will be randomly assigned to either CIMT group or control group. Children of the CIMT group will wear forearm splint 24 hours for 3 weeks to inhibit use of the unaffected arm.

Conditions

• Cerebral Palsy Spastic Hemiplegic

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Constraint-induced movement therapy	The constraint-induced movement therapy (CIMT) program requires children to wear forearm splint on the unaffected arm 24 hours for 3 weeks. The program consists of 5 sessions per week for 3 weeks.

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-09-14
• Primary completion: 2019-09-28
• Completion: 2019-09-28
• First posted: 2019-02-28
• Last updated: 2020-07-28
• Results posted: 2020-07-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: South Korea