Rhythm and Multisensoriality's Effects on the Motor Development in Children With Cerebral Palsy

NCT ID: NCT03440749

Last Updated: 2019-10-10

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: UNKNOWN
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 60 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2018-02-15
• Study Completion Date: 2020-08-31

Brief Summary

Cerebral palsy (CP) affects the motor function but also the cognitive function of the child. Physical activity brings motor and cognitive benefits and appears as an important aspect of the therapy that is offered to them.

The child is seating in front of a computer, seating comfortably on a chair during 1 hour. The experimental task consists in learning a sequence of taps on "Serial reaction time task" type buzzers (SRTT) in which the child must press a buzzer corresponding to one of the 4 squares that on the screen. The sequence corresponds to 10 steps in a particular order.

Detailed Description

Cerebral palsy (CP) affects the motor function but also the cognitive function of the child. Physical activity brings motor and cognitive benefits and appears as an important aspect of the therapy that is offered to them. In particular, the learning of movements in the presence of multisensory rhythmic information seems to have beneficial effects at the cognitive and motor level. The present study aims to test the respective effects of rhythm and multisensoriality on motor learning in children with cerebral palsy.

The motor learning task is known as the "Serial Reaction Time Task" (SRTT). It consists in repeating a sequence of movements of the upper limbs using visual-spatial information alone (V). It will test the addition of synchronous auditory stimulation to visual information or rhythmic auditory stimulation(VAR), to contrast with a control condition with non-rhythmic auditory stimulation (VANR). The performance of the children will be measured by the reaction time (RT), its stability and the number of errors made throughout the motor learning.

The child is placed in front of a screen on which 4 luminous stimuli are presented on a horizontal plane. Four buzzers are placed in front of him, each buzzer corresponds to the position of a stimulus. The stimuli light up in a predetermined sequence (10 positions) and the child must press the buzzer corresponding to the position of the stimulus that comes on. Four blocks of 5 sequences are repeated to test the general learning (B1 to B4) and then a block of random stimuli is presented to test the specific learning of the sequence (B5).

Conditions

Cerebral Palsy

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NON_RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Children with Cerebral Palsy (PC)

Serial reaction time task: repeating a sequence of movements according to the luminous stimuli

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

luminous stimuli

Intervention Type: OTHER

The child is placed in front of a screen on which 4 luminous stimuli are presented on a horizontal plane. Four buzzers are placed in front of him, each buzzer corresponds to the position of a stimulus. Child had to push the buzzer corresponding to the place of the luminous stimuli.

Control Group

Serial reaction time task: of movements according to the luminous stimuli

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

luminous stimuli

Intervention Type: OTHER

The child is placed in front of a screen on which 4 luminous stimuli are presented on a horizontal plane. Four buzzers are placed in front of him, each buzzer corresponds to the position of a stimulus. Child had to push the buzzer corresponding to the place of the luminous stimuli.

Interventions

luminous stimuli

The child is placed in front of a screen on which 4 luminous stimuli are presented on a horizontal plane. Four buzzers are placed in front of him, each buzzer corresponds to the position of a stimulus. Child had to push the buzzer corresponding to the place of the luminous stimuli.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Other Intervention Names

Serial reaction time task

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

For all children:

• Age between 6 and 14 years
• Obtaining the informed consent of the person possessing parental authority for all children

For children with Cerebral Palsy:

• Diagnosis of spastic cerebral palsy of levels GMFCS I to IV
• Ability to press buzzers with the palm of the hand, Manual Ability Classification System (MASC) I to IV
• Ability to understand instructions ("tap a buzzer along with a picture or sound") (investigator's appreciation)

For control children: no pathology diagnosed

Exclusion Criteria

For all children:

• Children with a characteristic psychiatric pathology.
• Disorders of the understanding
• Hearing deficiency
• Uncorrected visual impairment

• Minimum Eligible Age: 6 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 14 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role: collaborator

University Hospital, Toulouse

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Philippe Marque, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University Hospital, Toulouse

Locations

University Hospital Toulouse

Toulouse, , France

Site Status: RECRUITING

Countries

France

Central Contacts

Philippe Marque, MD

Role: CONTACT

marque.ph@chu-toulouse.fr

5-61-32-28-01 ext. 33

Isabelle OLIVIER, PhD

Role: CONTACT

olivier.i@chu-toulouse.fr

561777051 ext. +33

Facility Contacts

Philippe Marque, MD

Role: primary

marque.ph@chu-toulouse.frmarque.ph@chu-toulouse.fr

5-61-32-28-01 ext. 33

Other Identifiers

2017-A01969-44

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

RC31/17/0158

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id