Cp eArly REhabilitation
ConditionCerebral Palsy
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age36-5
SponsorIRCCS Eugenio Medea
About this trial
The present study aims to investigate the efficacy of play-based rehabilitation delivered as usual care in children with cerebral palsy in a rehabilitation center offering both intensive and extensive care. Up to now, few studies described and examined treatments' efficacy in this population.
Secondary aim of the study will be comparing the efficacy of the two rehabilitation treatment formats (intensive vs. extensive), which will have the same dose (sessions delivered) and ingredients (content). The intervention delivered as extensive care (3 sessions per week per 15 weeks) will be offered in community rehabilitation centers (Centri di Riabilitazione-CDR), while the one delivered as intensive care (3 sessions daily per 5 days a week for 3 weeks) will be offered to children admitted to hospital inpatient care units. This comparison allows verifying if delivery time may affect outcomes.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
age between 6 months (corrected age in case of prematurity) and 5 years;
a diagnosis of cerebral palsy due to perinatal suffering, neurological syndromes, rare diseases with neurological impairment or congenital diseases of unknown nature.
Disqualifiers
profound deafness and/or severe hypovisus/blindness;
a diagnosis of neurodegenerative diseases, acquired brain injury or brain tumor.
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Intensive rehabilitation treatment
- Extensive rehabilitation treatment
Treatment groups
96 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov