Effects of an HABIT-ILE-Based Intervention in Children With Cerebral Palsy
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Conditions studied: Cerebral Palsy
In brief
This interventional study will evaluate the effects of an intensive HABIT-ILE-based camp on cardiorespiratory measures and body composition in children with cerebral palsy. Although intensive motor control-based therapies such as HABIT/HABIT-ILE have shown functional benefits, the novelty of this study is the assessment of energy expenditure during functional tasks and post-intervention changes in body composition. Participants will attend a summer camp-format intervention delivering 90 hours of upper and lower extremity training over 15 days (6 hours/day), supervised by trained rehabilitation staff in a playful, progressive group setting. The program includes bimanual activities, gait and stair tasks, functional strengthening, and whole-body games, with fatigue prevention strategies.Assessments will be performed at baseline and immediately after the camp in July 2027, with follow-up at 6 months (January 2028). Outcomes include functional performance, parent-reported function, low-intensity task-related energy expenditure measured in a physiology laboratory, and body composition measured by DEXA at Universidad Europea de Madrid
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT07506837
- Run by
- Universidad Europea de Madrid
- People needed
- 30
- Starts
- 2027-03-01
- Expected to finish
- 2028-01-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2026-04-02
Who can join
Age: 6 and older, up to 13. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Children with a diagnosis of cerebral palsy (hemiparesis or diparesis).
- Age 6 to 13 years.
- Moderate cognitive impairment or cognitive status compatible with the ability to follow verbal instructions.
- Ability to participate in an intensive summer camp-format rehabilitation program.
- Parent/legal guardian able to provide informed consent and complete parent-/tutor-reported outcome measures.
You may not qualify if…
- Medical or orthopedic condition that contraindicates participation in intensive physical rehabilitation activities.
- Unstable neurological or medical condition (e.g., uncontrolled seizures) that may interfere with safe participation.
- Severe cognitive or behavioral impairment preventing comprehension of basic verbal instructions or safe participation in group activities.
- Contraindication to study assessment procedures, including physiological testing or DEXA body composition assessment.
- Participation in another concurrent intensive rehabilitation program during the study comparison period.
- Any condition that, in the investigators' judgment, may compromise safety, adherence, or outcome assessment validity.
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