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The efficacy of the Botulinum toxin-A on the manual abilities in children with congenital spastic hemiplegia. Interest of the measure of the bimanual task performance.

Conditions
The main objective of this study is to investigate the effect of Botulinum toxin A to improve the Upper Limb dysfunction in Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy Children and in particular, its impact on Upper limb activity performance and how this might be translate in bimanual activities.
MedDRA version: 12.0Level: LLTClassification code 10019475Term: Hemiplegic infantile cerebral palsy
Registration Number
EUCTR2009-015620-29-BE
Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Authorised-recruitment may be ongoing or finished
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
30
Inclusion Criteria

The participants to this study are aged between 4 and 12 years and have a diagnosis of congenital hemiplegia affecting upper-limb activities but not significative fixed contractures.
They have a Manual Ability Classification system( MACS) level between 1 and 4 and a normal education or an IQ > 70.
They must have an adapted physiotherapy program before and minimum 9 months after the treatment.

Are the trial subjects under 18? yes
Number of subjects for this age range:
F.1.2 Adults (18-64 years) no
F.1.2.1 Number of subjects for this age range
F.1.3 Elderly (>=65 years) no
F.1.3.1 Number of subjects for this age range

Exclusion Criteria

The children who had injection within 6 months previous the inclusion in the lower limb and 9 months in the upper limb will be excluded. Children who participated at a constraint-induced therapy (CIMT) program the year before the study will be automatically excluded.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional clinical trial of medicinal product
Study Design
Not specified
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