Effects of Constraints Induced Movement Therapy Versus Mirror Therapy in Children With Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Cerebral Palsy; Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy
• Interventions: Other: Constraint Induced Movement Therapy (CIMT); Other: Mirror Therapy (MT)

• Registration Number: NCT05659355
• Lead Sponsor: Riphah International University

Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to find Effects of constraints induced movement therapy (CIMT) versus mirror therapy (MT) on hand dexterity and grip strength in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy.

Detailed Description

Although quite number of research has been done on effects of CIMT and mirror therapy but most of the studies included stroke population. There was no literature on comparative effect of both CIMT and Mirror therapy in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy. This study will be covering specifically cerebral palsy children to have better treatment techniques to be introduced in therapeutic programs of hemiplegic cerebral palsy children.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-01-15
• Study First Submitted: 2022-12-13
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-12-13
• Study First Posted: 2022-12-21
• Primary Completion: 2023-02-15
• Study Completion: 2023-02-15
• Status Verified: 2023-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-03-31
• Last Update Posted: 2023-04-03

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 18

Inclusion Criteria

• Children of age range 9-14 year
• Children with diagnosed hemiplegic cerebral palsy
• Children who can perform active extension of affected wrist and more than
• two fingers at an angle of more than 10 degrees
• Active abduction of affected thumb at an angle of 10 degrees
• Children who can respond to simple communication-

Exclusion Criteria

• Children with uncontrolled seizures
• Botulinum toxin injections or orthopedic surgery in the upper or lower
• extremities within the previous 12 months or planned within the study period
• Children with depression who were unable to cooperate in treatment
• Children who are unable to perform active task training

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Treatment Group	Constraint Induced Movement Therapy (CIMT)	Constraint Induced Movement Therapy
Control Group	Mirror Therapy (MT)	Mirror Therapy

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Hand Dynamometer:	3 months	Hand Dynamometer: Hand dynamometer is an evaluation tool that is used to measure isometric grip force. . Once the grip position is adjusted, the user holds the handle and squeezes the handle
9 Hole pegboard test:	3 months	The 9 hole peg test is a standardized quantitative assessment used to measure finger dexterity in patients with various neurological diagnosis.
Haptic (Tactile) Recognition Test:	3 months	it's a quantitative measure of haptic (tactile) object recognition design to test one's ability to recognize everyday objects across seven sensory attributes using 14 sets of objects. Haptic recognition of everyday objects is quite fast and highly accurate with 96% correctly named: 68% in less than 3 s and 94% within 5 sec.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Mobility Quest; 🇵🇰 Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan