Parent-delivered Massage for Children With Autism - Ages 6 to 11

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Conditions studied: Autism

In brief

Through funding from the U.S. Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Teaching Research Institute at Western Oregon University (WOU) will be conducting research on the effect of a parent-delivered massage program on measures of autism and general development in children ages 6 to 11 with autism. Families will participate in an initial training, and receive 24 sessions of ongoing support and training from a trained therapist over the first nine months.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02222662

Run by

Western Oregon University

People needed

35

Starts

2014-06-01

Expected to finish

2016-02-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-04-29

Who can join

Age: 6 and older, up to 11. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Have a medical and/or educational diagnosis of autism
• Be between the age of 6 and 11
• Parents willing to attend the parent training session and transport the child to treatment sessions with trained staff 20 times in the first five months
• Parents willing to give the fifteen-minute massage daily
• Parents willing not to start any new interventions unless medically necessary

You may not qualify if…

• Taking psychoactive medication or pharmaceutical chelation therapy
• Additional chronic disability (for example, cerebral palsy or uncontrolled seizures)
• Receiving more than fifteen hours per week of intensive behavioral treatment for autism (e.g. Applied Behavior Analysis therapy)

Where it is running

• Various locations in Portland, Salem, Albany/Corvallis and Eugene — Portland, Salem, Albany, Corvallis, Eugene, Oregon, United States

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