CONSTRAINT-INDUCED MOVEMENT THERAPY VERSUS CROSS EDUCATION IN CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY

Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age5-15
SponsorImam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University

About this trial

This clinical trial aims to Compare the effectiveness of lower limb CIMT and the Strength Training of the Non-Hemiplegic lower limb on motor performance in hemiplegic children with CP.

Participants will:

diagnosed with hemiplegic cerebral palsy treated with CIMT or Strength training (cross-education) for a non-hemiplegic limb for 8 weeks.

3 sessions per week. Measurements will be taken at baseline and then at the end of the 8 weeks.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy aged age between 4 and 10.

(GMFCS) levels I, II and III.

Able to follow therapist instructions during training session.

Disqualifiers

Lack of patient's cooperation.

Difficulty wearing constraint method due to severe joint deformation or/and contracture.

Patients were treated with botulinum toxin during the last 3 months.

Seizure disorder not fully controlled by medication.

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • rehabilitation

Treatment groups

40 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups