COMPARISON BETWEEN ROBOTICBIOFEEDBACK- BASED UPPER LIMB REHABILITATION AND CONVENTIONAL PHYSIOTHERAPY IN CHILDREN WITH HEMIPLEGIC CEREBRAL PALSY: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIA
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: G802- Spastic hemiplegic cerebral palsy
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2021/06/034399
- Lead Sponsor
- Armed Forces Medical Research Cell
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Children of either sex aged 5 to 18 years clinically diagnosed to have hemiplegic cerebral palsy
Gross Motor Functional Classification System Score or GMFCS Score either I to III
Minimum visual acuity of 6/60
Ability to follow simple single step commands
Either parent should be willing and capable of following instructions and maintaining activity log
Children who have received botulinum toxin injection in upper limb in the past one year prior to enrolment
Children who have undergone orthopaedic corrective surgery in the past one year prior to enrolment
Children with concomitant chronic systemic illnesses that can interfere with execution of intervention or physiotherapy
Children with any acute illness that can interfere with execution of intervention or physiotherapy.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To compare the efficacy of robotic biofeedback based rehabilitation for upper limb with that of conventional physiotherapy in 5to 18 year old children and adolescents with hemiplegic CP with Gross Motor Function Classification Scale Scores between I to III as measured by change in grip strength of affected hand at one year of initiation of therapyTimepoint: 12 months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To compare the change in following scores between 5 to18 year old children and adolescents with hemiplegic CP with GMFCS I to III receiving robotic biofeedback based rehabilitation for one year with those receiving conventional physiotherapy for one year <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br> Quality of Upper Extremity Skills Test Scores or QUEST scores at 12 months and 15 months of initiation of therapy <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>Grip strength of affected upper limb at 15 months of initiation of therapy <br/ ><br>Timepoint: 12 months and 15 months