Testing of an instrument to assess arm-hand skilled performance in healthy children, children with cerebral palsy and adult stroke patients

Completed

• Conditions: cerebral palsy; stroke; 10007963

• Registration Number: NL-OMON40256
• Lead Sponsor: Adelante Zorggroep

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Last Update Posted: 29 April 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 85

Inclusion Criteria

Part 1: typically developing healthy children
- Typically developing healthy child who is not suffering from any illness or disease that may
affect arm-hand function.
- Age between 6 and 18 years
- No severe impaired communication as to comprehension
- Children and the parents/caregivers should comprehend and speak Dutch;Part 2: children with CP
- Child diagnosed with CP
- Age between 6 and 18 years
- Hagberg diagnosis: spastic hemiparesis or extreme asymmetric diplegia
- Hand function impairment Zancolli grade I with evident problems in thumb extension and
supination, Zancolli grade IIA and IIB 15.
- No severe impaired communication as to comprehension
- Children and the parents/caregivers should comprehend and speak Dutch

Part 3: adults who suffered a stroke
- Adults diagnosed with supratentorial stroke
- Age * 50 years old
- Clinically diagnosed with a central paresis of the arm-hand
- Post-stroke time * 2 years
- No severe impaired communication as to comprehension
- Able to comprehend and speak Dutch

Exclusion Criteria

Part 1: typically developing healthy children
- Presence of disease or illness affecting arm-hand function ;Part 2: children with CP
- Severe structural contractures of the muscles at the upper extremity (elbow extension deficit 20
degrees, supination deficit 45 degrees, deficit wrist dorsal flexion 30 degrees or more)
- Severe impairment of hand function (Zancolli III)
- Children who are hyper sensible and cannot bare touching the affected arm and hand;Part 3: adults who suffered a stroke
- A-functional arm-hand (Utrechtse Arm/Hand Test 21, score = 0)
- Severe neglect (Bell Test, Letter Cancellation Test: minimum omission score of 15% 16-18)
- Hemianopsia
- Severe spasticity (Modified Ashworth Scale total arm > 4)
- Severe additional neurological, orthopaedic or rheumatoid impairments which could interfere
with task performance
- Broca aphasia, Wernicke aphasia, global aphasia (determined by the Akense Afasie Test 19,
- Apraxia (Apraxiatest of van Heugten 20)

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational non invasive
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Main study parameters/endpoints: The 3 study parameters addressed in this study<br /><br>are: 1) the reproducibility of activities of daily living measured with *9-DOF<br /><br>sensors*; 2) the possibilities of identification of activities of daily<br /><br>living, based on pattern recognition techniques using the recorded signals; 3)<br /><br>quantification of quality of movement during the execution of activities of<br /><br>daily living.</p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>not applicable</p><br>