Case Series_Targeted Training for Trunk Control Cerebral Palsy

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Conditions studied: Cerebral Palsy

In brief

Little is known about how children with cerebral palsy (CP) use their sensory systems (touch, sense of body position, balance organs in the inner ear, vision) to help them achieve trunk control for independent sitting. If a child with CP does not achieve trunk control by 4 years of age their prognosis for motor skill development including walking is poor. Clinical researchers at The Movement Centre in Oswestry, England have developed a method called Targeted Training in which children train trunk control in small segments from the top down using a custom fit training device. This study aims to examine how children with moderate to severe CP use sensory information for trunk control before, during and after a program of Targeted Training.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02246751

Run by

University of Hartford

People needed

10

Starts

2014-09-01

Expected to finish

2020-03-30

Last updated by the study team

2020-09-07

Who can join

Age: 2 and older, up to 12. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• cerebral palsy
• age 2-12 years
• Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) Level III, IV or V

You may not qualify if…

• spinal fixation
• fixed scoliosis
• uncontrolled seizures

Where it is running

• Pediatric Balance Laboratory; University of Hartford; — West Hartford, Connecticut, United States

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