An interventional study of Sanger EMG Biofeedback Device in Cerebral Palsy, Dystonia and Hypertonia, sponsored by University of Southern California. Withdrawn at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 0 Years to 21 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-02-26.
Sponsored by University of Southern California · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
Movement disorders such as dystonia, hypertonia, and spasticity interfere with or prevent voluntary movement. Studies have suggested that using biofeedback to increase awareness of muscle activation can improve motor function in patients with motor deficits. The investigators hypothesize that the daily use of a surface electromyographic (SEMG) biofeedback device for one month will improve motor function in children and young adults with dystonia, hypertonia, and/or spasticity. The SEMG biofeedback device is worn over the muscle(s) the subject has difficulty in controlling and provides vibratory feedback about muscle activation. Groups of children and young adults (ages 3-21), with dystonia, hypertonia, and/or spasticity will be asked to wear a small (approx 1 square inch) sensory feedback device on their affected muscle(s) for 5 hours a day for one month. The device will vibrate and emit a blue light when the muscle is activated. At the start of the experiment, subjects will be tested on the Goal Attainment Scale (GAS), the Pediatric/Adolescent Outcomes Data Collections Instruments (PODCI), and the Barry Albright Dystonia Scale (BAD). For one month, subjects will practice goals without device. After a month, subject will be assessed again and be given device to practice goals for a month. After one month, the subjects will be tested on the outcome measures again and return device.
1,853 studies on the registry are indexed under Cerebral Palsy; 435 are open to participants now.
Browse Cerebral Palsy studies →University of Southern California is the lead sponsor of 773 studies on the registry; 135 are open to participants now.
Of its 68 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 32 (47%) have results posted.
Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.
Exclusion Criteria:
Device: Sanger EMG Biofeedback Device
Goal Attainment Scale
The Goal Attainment Scale measures function in each of 5 areas that are individually chosen by the parents or adolescents at the initial visit. Parents and/or adolescents are encouraged to choose 2 basic movement goals and 3 goals related to function.
Time frame: Two months
This study is withdrawn, as verified in Feb 2024. You cannot join it, but the record below documents what was studied.
Get an email when the registry record changes — status, dates, results — or when someone posts here.
Sign in to followQuestions and observations about this study, from anyone following it. Not medical advice, and not a channel to the study team — their contact details are on the registry record.
Sign in to join the discussion. Reading takes no account; posting does. You choose a display name, and a pseudonym is the default.
Nothing here yet. If you are running this trial, taking part in it, or weighing whether to, this is the place to say so.
University of Southern California