Effect of Vojta Therapy on Upper Extremity Function of Children With Cerebral Palsy
- Conditions
- Cerebral PalsyVojta TherapyUpper Extremity
- Interventions
- Procedure: Vojta therapy
- Registration Number
- NCT06203366
- Lead Sponsor
- Mahidol University
- Brief Summary
The goal of this pilot study is to study the effect of Vojta therpy on upper extremity function in children with cerebral palsy. The main questions are:
* to study the effect of Vojta therapy on upper extremity function in children with cerebral palsy in terms of range of motion and function
* to study the effect of Vojta therapy on upper extremity function in children with cerebral palsy in terms of motion analysis while perform function
- Detailed Description
Vojta therapy is an old treatment method which was discovered by Professor Vaclav Vojta, a neurologist and pediatrician. It has been used to treat children with impair motor function in Thailand since 2011. Vojta therapy encourage the movement of children via positioning and stimulate the specified zone.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- NOT_YET_RECRUITING
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 20
- spastic diplegia (MACS II-III)
- can pick box and block test at least 1 block
- has good trunk stability while sitting
- can follow command
- participant and guardian consent to the study
- no Vojta therapy in last 2 months
- no history of anti-spastic injection in last 6 months
- do not receive prednisolone nor adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)
- cannot control seizure
- got the specific disease such as osteogenesis imperecta, cardiac disease
- Participant and guardians do not consent to the study.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Experimental group Vojta therapy * got the Vojta treatment 30 minutes/session, 3 times/week for 8 weeks * got the ADL and kinetic activities training 30 minutes, 3 times/week for 8 weeks
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Box and block test Baseline (before) and within 1 week after the final treatment the children have to pick the 1"\*1" cube blocks from one side of the box to the other side in 1 minute
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method active range of motion of upper extremity Baseline (before) and within 1 week after the final treatment the children was asked to active move their shoulder, elbow and wrist for measurement
Nine hole peg test Baseline (before) and within 1 week after the final treatment the children have to pick 9 pegs from the container to insert into the providing holes and record the time
3D motion analysis of upper extremity Baseline (before) and within 1 week after the final treatment the markers were attached at back, sternum, both shoulders, elbows and wrists. Then, children were to forward rech the object on the table. The camera and mrakers will record and analyz the motion of both upper extremities. This measurement will be done only in children who was treated with Vojta therapy group only. This measurement will report in distance of maximum reaching, velocity and angle velocitym of shoulder, elbow, wrist with forearm pronation/supination. The other parameters are movement duration, peak velocity, time to peak velocity and trajectory straigthness.
Video recording Baseline (before) and within 1 week after the final treatment The camera video will record the distance of maximum reaching in forward reaching and lateral reaching during the 3D kinematics evaluation in the gait lab of both upper extremities movement. This outcome was done in only the intervention group who received Vojta treatment.
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Srisangwan School Foundation for the Welfare of the Crippled under Royal Patronage of Her Royal Highness the Princess Mother
🇹ðŸ‡Nonthaburi, Thailand