Magic Camp for Children With Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Cerebral Palsy

In brief

The proposed study will test the feasibility and effectiveness of a "Magic Camp" in children with spastic hemiplegic cerebral palsy (CP). A single group pretest-posttest design (n=10) will be used to investigate the immediate (2 weeks) and longer-term effect (3 months) of a "Magic Camp" on improving upper limb motor function and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in children with hemiplegic CP.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03620279

Run by

University of Alabama at Birmingham

People needed

7

Starts

2018-06-04

Expected to finish

2018-12-31

Last updated by the study team

2020-02-24

Who can join

Age: 9 and older, up to 18. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• spasticity with Modified Ashworth Scale grades between 1 and 3;
• ability to lift the more affected arm 15 cm above a table surface;
• impairment of hand function at levels I to III of the Manual Activity Classification System
• ability to grasp and release light objects with the more affected hand
• largely nonuse of the more affected hand in daily activities as determined by the Pediatric Motor Activity Log
• are interested in learning magic tricks
• have the cognitive and social ability to participate in a camp setting;
• ability to follow directions in English; and
• ability to remember simple sequences of actions to perform magic tricks.

You may not qualify if…

• severe muscle spasticity or fixed contracture in the more affected limb that limits functional arm and hand use
• dystonia
• severe visual or auditory disorders that prevent learning and carrying out the magic tricks
• serious or recurring medical complications
• participation in intensive upper limb intervention and/or musculoskeletal and tone management treatments, dorsal rhizotomy, or surgery on the upper limb in the previous 6 months or anticipated within subsequent 6 months
• start muscle relaxant within the last 3 months; or
• plan to move to another state within the next 6 months.

Where it is running

• University of Alabama at Birmingham — Birmingham, Alabama, United States

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