Validity of Manipulation Taxonomy of Spastic Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy (CP) Forms

Completed

• Conditions: Cerebral Palsy; Hemiplegia
• Interventions: Other: classification of hand manipulation function

• Registration Number: NCT01157494
• Lead Sponsor: University of Modena and Reggio Emilia

Brief Summary

In recent years Ferrari et al. proposed a new classification of manipulation in children with spastic hemiplegia which describes five different classes by analyzing and integrating the kinematic patterns of the hand and its functional use.

The investigators believe that this classification provides the clinician with clinically meaningful information, by identifying the useful strategies spontaneously adopted by the children during manipulation tasks.

The aim of this study is to determine the criterion validity of the new classification of the pattern of manipulation in children with spastic hemiplegia by correlating hand manipulation classes with both the scores of the Assisting Hand Assessment and the scores of the Melbourne Assessment of Unilateral Upper Limb Function.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2010-04
• Study Start: 2010-04
• Primary Completion: 2010-06
• Study Completion: 2010-07
• Study First Submitted: 2010-07-06
• Study First Submitted QC: 2010-07-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2010-07-06
• Study First Posted: 2010-07-07
• Last Update Posted: 2010-07-07

Recruitment & Eligibility

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

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
children with hemiplegia	classification of hand manipulation function	To determine the criterion validity of the classification of the pattern of manipulation proposed by Ferrari et al. we correlated hand manipulation classes with both the scores of the two standard criteria chosen (AHA and Melbourne Assessment).

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Assisting Hand Assessment (AHA)	the 2 assessment has to be registered within 6 months	correlation between the new classification of hand manipulation function and the AHA which measures the bi-manual performance, i.e. what the child usually does with the plegic hand

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Melbourne Assessment of Unilateral Upper Limb Function (Melbourne Assessment)	the 2 assessment has to be registered within 6 months	correlation between the new classification of hand manipulation function and the Melbourne Assessment which measures the bi-manual performance, i.e. what the child usually does with the plegic hand

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Hospital Azienda Santa Maria Nuova in Reggio Emilia; 🇮🇹 Reggio Emilia, RE, Italy