Robot-assisted Hand Rehabilitation for Children With Cerebral Palsy: a Pilot Study

NCT ID: NCT03490591

Last Updated: 2019-07-12

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

8 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-04-15

Study Completion Date

2018-12-31

Brief Summary

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Objective: To investigate the effects of robot-assisted hand rehabilitation with a Gloreha device on hand function and the participation of ADL for children with cerebral palsy(CP).

Materials and Methods: Five children with CP aged 6 to 18 years were recruited and received 12times of robot-assisted hand rehabilitation for 6 weeks of treatment (Sixty minutes a time, twice a week). The performance was assessed by a assessor for three times (pre-test, post-test, follow up at one month). The outcome measures Fugl-Meyer Assessment-Upper Limb section(FMA-UE),Box and block test(BBT), Maximal voluntary contraction(MVC) of extensor digitorum communis(EDC), Flexor digitorum(FD), Grasp strength, \& ABILHAND-Kids for ADL ability. Collected data will be analyzed with ANOVA test by SPSS version 20.0, and alpha level was set at .05. Our hypothesis are robot-assisted hand rehabilitation with a Gloreha device has positive effects on hand function and the participation of ADL for children with CP.

Detailed Description

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Hand function is the most important for ADL and learning ability. Many cerebral palsy(CP) suffered problems with the gross motor dysfunction and hand function disability. An inability to use the upper extremity in daily life can lead to loss of independence with ADLs and of important occupations (eg, school). Robotic therapy can deliver larger amounts of upper extremity movement practice for these individuals. Although the Robotic therapy appears to provide some benefit for upper extremity motor abilities and participation but is of uncertain utility for cerebral palsy(CP).

Objective: To investigate the effects of robot-assisted hand rehabilitation with a Gloreha device on hand function and the participation of ADL for children with cerebral palsy(CP).

Five children with CP aged 6 to 18 years were recruited and received 12times of robot-assisted hand rehabilitation for 6 weeks of treatment (Sixty minutes a time, twice a week). The performance was assessed by a assessor for three times (pre-test, post-test, follow up at one month). The outcome measures Fugl-Meyer Assessment-Upper Limb section(FMA-UE),Box and block test(BBT), Maximal voluntary contraction(MVC) of extensor digitorum communis(EDC), Flexor digitorum(FD), grasp strength, \& ABILHAND-Kids for ADL ability. Collected data will be analyzed with ANOVA test by SPSS version 20.0, and alpha level was set at .05. Our hypothesis are robot-assisted hand rehabilitation with a Gloreha device has positive effects on hand function and the participation of ADL for children with CP.

Conditions

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Cerebral Palsy

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Robotic-assisted intervention

In the Robotic-assisted intervention :12 training sessions of Robot-assisted hand rehabilitation(60 minutes a time, 2 times a week)

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Robot-assisted hand rehabilitation

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Robot-assisted hand rehabilitation: 20 minute of warm-up exercise and 40 minute of robot-assisted hand exercise intervention. Robot-assisted hand exercises include passive range of motion of hand, bilateral hands task, robot-assisted task, and game task.

Interventions

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Robot-assisted hand rehabilitation

Robot-assisted hand rehabilitation: 20 minute of warm-up exercise and 40 minute of robot-assisted hand exercise intervention. Robot-assisted hand exercises include passive range of motion of hand, bilateral hands task, robot-assisted task, and game task.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Children with cerebral palsy(CP) or stroke
* Age younger than 18 and older than 6 years old
* Could follow 2 step order instruction
* No Botulinum injection during the recent 6 month and the experiment period
* Chronicity \> 1 years and stable medicine condition
* Could sit steady after the position

Exclusion Criteria

* Individuals with other medical symptoms that can affect movement
* Individuals with visual or auditory impairment who couldn't see or hear the feedback from the device clearly
Minimum Eligible Age

6 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Taipei Medical University Shuang Ho Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Jui chi Lin, master

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Taipei Medical University, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Locations

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Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University

Taipei, , Taiwan

Site Status

Countries

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Taiwan

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Other Identifiers

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TMU-JIRB N201711070

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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