Tele-rehabilitation in Children With Cerebral Palsy in the Covid-19 Pandemic

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• Conditions: Telerehabilitation; Cerebral Palsy; Motor Learning
• Interventions: Other: Telerehabilitation İntervention, Motor learning

• Registration Number: NCT04896840
• Lead Sponsor: Inonu University

Brief Summary

The investigators study aimed to observe the effect of motor learning-based tele-rehabilitation on quality of life in children with cerebral palsy during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Detailed Description

Cerebral palsy; It is defined as a permanent, non-progressive disorder that occurs as a result of the effects of the developing fetal or infant brain for different reasons in prenatal, perinatal or postnatal periods. Children with cerebral palsy experience fundamental limitations in the postural control of static and dynamic tasks such as sitting, standing, and walking. However, children with cerebral palsy need rehabilitation. The COVID-19 pandemic prevents effective provision of rehabilitation services for children with cerebral palsy. However; Lack of access to rehabilitation services in individuals with cerebral palsy during the COVID-19 pandemic has increased the need for alternative and complementary methods. During the Covid-19 pandemic process, the tele-rehabilitation process will be able to achieve functional and social participation in children with cerebral palsy.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2021-05-14
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-05-19
• Study First Posted: 2021-05-21
• Study Start: 2021-08-27
• Status Verified: 2021-10
• Primary Completion: 2021-10-27
• Study Completion: 2021-10-27
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-10-29
• Last Update Posted: 2021-11-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

• Children with spastic cerebral palsy, ages 3-16
• To be at 1-2-3 levels according to GMFCS
• The tele-rehabilitation group is not receiving treatment in any center.
• Voluntary participation in the study with the consent of the parents

Exclusion Criteria

• Application of muscle tone reduction 6 months before the start of the study (eg botulin toxin, baclofen pump therapy) or those undergoing orthopedic surgery.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Treatment group	Telerehabilitation İntervention, Motor learning	Telerehabilitation and motor learning principles will be applied.
Control Group	Telerehabilitation İntervention, Motor learning	Motor learning principles will be applied in the clinic.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory	8 weeks	The 35-item PedsQL consists of seven subscales: Daily Activities, School Activities, Movement and Balance, Pain, Fatigue, Eating Activities, Speaking and Communication. The scale consists of a child self-report and a parent report. The scale questions the degree of problems the children have experienced in the last month. Item scores are converted linearly backwards on a 0-100 scale (0 = 100, 1 = 75, 2 = 50, 3 = 25, 4 = 0), so higher scores indicate better health-related quality of Life.Subscale scores are calculated by dividing the total score of the items answered by the number of items answered. There is no scale total score, subscales have calculated mean scores. The higher the average score for an area (subscale) indicates that there are fewer problems in that area and the higher the quality of life.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Inonu University; 🇹🇷 Malatya, Turkey