About this trial
The main objective of this study is to evaluate the achievement of personalised short- and medium-term objectives of this selective treatment of hypertonia by ultrasound-guided perineural percutaneous cryoneurolysis at the shoulder and elbow, in a population of patients with cerebral palsy with spastic, dyskinetic or dyskinetic, or mixed disorders.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Patients with cerebral palsy treated at the CMCR des Massues, regardless of their functional status as defined by their gross motor function level on the GMFCS (Gross Motor Function Classification System) and their manual ability level on the MACS (Manual Ability Classification System).
Presenting with disabling and/or painful muscle hyperactivity in the shoulder and/or elbow,
Aged over 12 years,
At a therapeutic impasse: contraindicated or refusing surgery, contraindication or insufficient efficacy of oral treatments (analgesics, baclofen, Artane), too short duration of efficacy of toxin injections (<3 months) and/or dose-weight limitation not allowing treatment of all necessary sites.
Disqualifiers
- Patients who have received a botulinum toxin injection (any location) within 3 months prior to inclusion.
Change in analgesic and/or antispastic treatment within 5 weeks prior to inclusion - Refusal to allow the patient's medical data to be used for research purposes
Contraindication to peripheral motor block and/or cryoneurolysis (haemostasis disorder, skin infection, Raynaud's syndrome, cryoglobulinaemia, cold urticaria).
Pregnant/breastfeeding patients.
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Cryoneurlysis