Therapeutic Dance Intervention for Children With Cerebral Palsy

NCT ID: NCT03681171

Last Updated: 2018-09-21

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 9 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2016-06-25
• Study Completion Date: 2016-09-30

Brief Summary

Children with cerebral palsy (CP) have motor impairments that make it challenging for them to participate in standard physical activity (PA) programs. There is a need to evaluate adapted PA programs for this population. Dance can promote coordination, posture, muscle strength, motor learning, and executive functioning. This pilot study evaluated the feasibility and the effects of a new therapeutic ballet intervention specifically designed for children with CP on physiological and executive functions outcomes.

Detailed Description

8 children with CP (9-14y/o; 75% female) participated in a six-week therapeutic ballet program. Participants had body composition (DXA), muscle strength (hand-grip dynamometer), habitual physical activity, gait and selective motor control functions, and executive function tasks before and after the intervention. Follow-up assessments of habitual physical activity, gait and executive functions were completed four to five week post-intervention.

Conditions

Cerebral Palsy

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Children with CP

Children with CP (9-15 years old) participated in a therapeutic dance program to improve physical, physiological and cognitive outcomes.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Therapeutic Dance

Intervention Type: OTHER

Participants attended therapeutic ballet sessions three times per week for six weeks.

Interventions

Therapeutic Dance

Participants attended therapeutic ballet sessions three times per week for six weeks.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Cerebral palsy spastic diplegia and/or hemiplegia
• Absence of health problems that would preclude participation in exercise
• Male or female age 9 - 15 years inclusive at the time of consent
• Minimum level of intellectual functioning (e.g., as determined by an IQ score of 80 or above or other education placement and testing indicating sufficient understanding)
• Ability to complete study measures at the assessment
• Ability to participate in dance classes conducted in English
• Interest in learning ballet
• Intact vision
• Intact hearing
• Able to ambulate independently in the community with or without a device
• Intact proprioception in lower extremities
• Able to complete assessment measures and consents in English
• Referral from the child's pediatrician or other physician indicating that the child is physically able to participate in an exercise intervention

Exclusion Criteria

• Children with a current diagnosis of severe Major Depressive Disorder
• Generalized Anxiety Disorder
• Epilepsy
• Autism
• Other major medical conditions that prohibit full participation and children with severe developmental disorders (e.g., mental retardation, severe autism) or with physical impairments that prohibit full participation were excluded from the study.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 9 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 15 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Shlomit Aizik

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Shlomit Aizik

Associate Professor

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Shlomit Aizik, PhD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

University of California, Irvine

References

Lakes KD, Sharp K, Grant-Beuttler M, Neville R, Haddad F, Sunico R, Ho D, Schneider M, Sawitz S, Paulsen J, Caputo K, Lu KD, Aminian A, Lopez-Ortiz C, Radom-Aizik S. A Six Week Therapeutic Ballet Intervention Improved Gait and Inhibitory Control in Children With Cerebral Palsy-A Pilot Study. Front Public Health. 2019 Jun 25;7:137. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2019.00137. eCollection 2019.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 31294009 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

2016-2682

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id