Effectiveness of Routine Physical Therapy With Intensive Bimanual Training in Cerebral Palsy Children

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Cerebral Palsy
• Interventions: Other: home based intensive bimanual training; Other: Routine Physical Therapy

• Registration Number: NCT04755556
• Lead Sponsor: University of Lahore

Brief Summary

Effectiveness of Routine Physical Therapy With or Without Home Based Intensive Bimanual Training on Clinical Outcomes in Cerebral Palsy Children

Detailed Description

Cerebral Palsy is one of the most common issue seen in pediatric rehabilitation .Home based intensive Bimanual training has proven to be one of the most effective rehabilitation training for improving motor. The study determines the effectiveness of routine physical therapy with or without home-based intensive bimanual training on coordination of hands and daily activities of daily living. A nine months randomized control trial was comprised of thirty children with unilateral spastic cerebral palsy aged between 4 to 7 years. One group received routine physical therapy and the other group received a goal specific bimanual training from their parents in their home setting for 3.5 hours per week for 6 weeks according to a modified set up. Follow up sessions were done at 6th week. Activities of daily living and coordination were measured using Pediatric motor log activity scale and ABILHAND respectively.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-03-06
• Primary Completion: 2020-12-06
• Study Completion: 2020-12-06
• Status Verified: 2021-02
• Study First Submitted: 2021-02-10
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-02-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-02-10
• Study First Posted: 2021-02-16
• Last Update Posted: 2021-02-16

Recruitment & Eligibility

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

Inclusion Criteria

• Spastic CP children

  • Both male and female
  • Age 4-7 years
  • Actively grasp of objects from table i.e., stuff toys, making blocks
  • One to one attention

Exclusion Criteria

• Cognitive delays preventing the child from following two-step instructions

  • Health diagnoses unassociated with USCP.
  • Parents unable to commit to entire duration of intervention.
  • Visual difficulties preventing performance of intervention tasks.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Experimental group	home based intensive bimanual training	Intensive bimanual training with routine physical therapy
control group	Routine Physical Therapy	routine physical therapy

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
ABILHAND	6th week	hand coordination

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pediatric Motor Log Activity Scale	6th week	Activity of Daily Living

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of lahore; 🇵🇰 Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan