An interventional study of Armeo therapy in Hemiplegia, Cerebral Palsy and Upper Extremity Weakness, sponsored by St Mary's Hospital for Children. Suspended. Open to participants aged 7 Years to 17 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2016-10-13.
Sponsored by St Mary's Hospital for Children · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the use of the Armeo®Spring Pediatric as therapy for children with hand and arm weakness. The Armeo®Spring Pediatric is a device that supports the weight of the child's arm and uses joystick that helps to play computer games. The child will be assessed before and after this therapy. Participating children with upper extremity impairments will receive therapy 3x/week for 6 weeks during 30-45 minutes sessions at progressively increasing degrees of difficulty. Each child's performance will be tracked with regard to time necessary to complete a predetermined number of trials of the activity. The standardized assessment tools that will be used are the Assisting Hand Assessment (AHA), Box \& Blocks test, Jebsen Taylor hand function test, and the Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory-Computer Adaptive Test (PEDI-CAT). Data will be analyzed to determine the efficacy of this training method.
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This study's planned enrollment of 15 is below the median of 33 across 1,368 interventional studies indexed under Cerebral Palsy.
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Exclusion Criteria:
Group receiving Armeo therapy
Device: Armeo therapy
Participants will receive 18 sessionsx30 mins of ArmeoSpring therapy over 6weeks.
Change in hand function
Box and Blocks test
Time frame: baseline and completion (6-8 weeks)
Change in hand function
Jebsen Taylor Hand Function Test
Time frame: baseline and completion (6-8weeks)
Change in bimanual hand function
Assisting hand Assessment
Time frame: baseline and completion (6-8 weeks)
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Plan to share: Yes
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