CP intervention group for Cerebral Palsy

N/A

Waitlist Available

Led By Citlali Lopez-Ortiz

Research Sponsored by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

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Must have

Be younger than 18 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up tested during the assessment sessions and on the first and last day of gameplay spanning over a 6 to 7 week period.

Awards & highlights

No Placebo-Only Group

Summary

This game-like intervention using virtual reality will provide an objective and quantitative characterization of dystonia and spasticity presentations in cerebral palsy, even if combined, through the process of motor learning. This intervention could have a therapeutic benefit in the rehabilitation of children with cerebral palsy.

Eligible Conditions

Cerebral Palsy

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ tested during the assessment sessions and on the first and last day of gameplay spanning over a 6 to 7 week period.

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~tested during the assessment sessions and on the first and last day of gameplay spanning over a 6 to 7 week period.

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and tested during the assessment sessions and on the first and last day of gameplay spanning over a 6 to 7 week period. for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

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Primary study objectives

Smoothness Index

Secondary study objectives

Dyskinesia Impairment Scale (DIS)

Forces and torques against force sensor during gampeplay and in robotic zero-force channel

Montreal Spasticity Rating Test (MSRT)

+6 more

Awards & Highlights

No Placebo-Only Group

All patients enrolled in this study will receive some form of active treatment.

Trial Design

4Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: TD intervention groupExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Force efforts haptic feedback in virtual reality. The intervention will be the same as the CP intervention group but for typically developing participants.

Group II: CP intervention groupExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Force efforts with haptic feedback in virtual reality for participants with CP.

Group III: CP control groupActive Control1 Intervention

Regular activity control group, for participants with CP.

Group IV: TD control groupActive Control1 Intervention

Regular activity control group, same as CP no intervention group, but for typically developing participants.

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