NCT06452576

Use of Vibration During Constraint-induced Movement Therapy

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 8 (actual)
• Sponsor: Medical University of South Carolina · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 4 Years – 9 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the hand function will improve more by using low-level vibration during constraint-induced movement therapy (CIMT), compared to CIMT alone without vibration.

Detailed description

The low-level vibration has been shown to increase therapy outcome when used as an adjunct to therapy in adults with hemiparesis. Children who participates in the CIMT camp at MUSC will be recruited to take part in the study. Participating children will wear a watch device on their weaker arm during CIMT. The watch will vibrate only for the children who were assigned to the treatment group.

Conditions

• Hemiparesis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Vibration	Watch vibrates.
BEHAVIORAL	constraint-induced movement therapy	A splint or mitt is placed on the stronger, unaffected hand to encourage use of the affected upper limb in therapy.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-07-15
• Primary completion: 2024-09-09
• Completion: 2024-09-09
• First posted: 2024-06-11
• Last updated: 2025-07-07

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States