Prospective Studies of the Use of Self Hypnosis, Acupuncture and Osteopathic Manipulation on Muscle Tension in Children With Spastic Cerebral Palsy
Completed · Phase 2
Conditions studied: Spastic Cerebral Palsy
In brief
We propose to identify patients and families for inclusion in pilot studies of the three modalities. Patients and their families will be asked to participate in these studies. Our research group has done some preliminary work with the modality of hypnotherapy, but has no experience to date with the other two modalities. The idea to try relaxation techniques was generated by the observation that there is great variation in the degree to spasticity at different times in the same patient with CP. When queried, mothers responded that they were able to get their child to relax and decrease the tension in their muscles by stroking, talking softly, and/or by playing certain types of music. The availability of hypnosis and training in self-hypnosis was presented to several families of our patients. Their understanding and acceptance of this alternate therapy was gratifying. The results of this therapy have been promising and have encouraged us to proceed with this modality and to consider making other nonconventional modalities available to our patients. We hypothesize that at least one of the two modalities will be accepted readily by patients with CP and their families, and with their acceptance compliance with the method chosen will be at levels of 80 percent or more.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00011024
- Run by
- National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
- Starts
- 1998-09-01
- Expected to finish
- 2004-06-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2006-08-18
Who can join
Age: 4 and older, up to 21. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Children with a diagnosis of spastic CP who are between 48 months and 21 years of age.
- For the hypnotherapy-control arm the children must have a cognitive level sufficient to allow them to visualize and enter into trance.
- The cognitive level criteria will not apply to the manipulation-acupuncture-control arm of the study.
- No child will be excluded on the basis of gender, race or culture.
Where it is running
- University of Arizona — Tucson, Arizona, United States
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