Can taping improve hand posture and use in infants with brain lesions?

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Elastic tape as intervention for hand and wrist posture and function after early brain damage; Nervous System Diseases; Other symptoms and signs involving the nervous and musculoskeletal systems

• Registration Number: ISRCTN41918400
• Lead Sponsor: ewcastle upon Tyne NHS Hospitals Foundation Trust (UK)

Brief Summary

2019 results in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30668211 (added 28/01/2019)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2012-08-16
• Study Completion: 2014-09-03
• Last Update Posted: 11 February 2019

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 20

Inclusion Criteria

1. Infants and young children age 6 months to 3 years
2. Asymmetric abnormalities of hand and wrist posture and function secondary to non-progressive brain lesions and including acquired brain injury

Exclusion Criteria

1. Known allergy to tape adhesive
2. Known progressive or degenerative disorder
3. Already recruited to another trial
4. Other splinting already in use

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<br> 1. Feasibility and acceptability of the intervention<br> 2. Change in score on Assisting Hand Assessment (AHA)<br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<br> 1. Thumb position, measured using the House Thumb classification<br> 2. Hand and wrist position, measured using the Zancolli classification<br>