Music Therapy In Adolescents With Cerebral Palsy

NCT ID: NCT03778398

Last Updated: 2018-12-19

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: UNKNOWN
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 12 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2018-06-20
• Study Completion Date: 2020-03-20

Brief Summary

Purpose of the study;

• To improve the upper extremity motor functions of patients with adolescent cerebral palsy,
• Prevent treatment interruptions as age progresses,
• Increase the hand functions of children with cerebral palsy and to increase their living standards.

Hand functions will be assessed with MACS (Manual Ability Classification System), hand dynamometer, box-block test, 9 hole peg test, pressing velocity measured with Cubase MIDI (musical instrument data interface) program. Patients will receive 2 days of 40 minutes per week, total 3 months of customized piano training. Each session will be started with finger warming exercises, then with the right hand, left handed and with both hands, a simple pentatonic array will be played. In the following lessons, notes will be marked with colors and simple songs will be taught. At the end of 3 months, the tests will be repeated.

Detailed Description

Cerebral palsy is the development, movement and posture disorder that causes the limitation of activity which is thought to be caused by non-progressive disorders in the fetal or infant brain. Intensive rehabilitation program begins in early childhood; However, adults with cerebral palsy are less likely to receive rehabilitative interventions. There is a great need for effective upper extremity rehabilitation studies that motivate the patient in CP (cerebral palsy) rehabilitation after childhood. Therapeutic Instrumental Music Performance (TIMP) is one of the three techniques of neurological music therapy techniques for motor rehabilitation. This technique uses instruments to strengthen functional motor patterns. There are very few studies on TIMP in individuals with cerebral palsy and these studies have not been performed on patients with adolescent cerebral palsy.

Purpose of the study;

• To improve the upper extremity motor functions of patients with adolescent cerebral palsy,
• Prevent treatment interruptions as age progresses,
• Increase the hand functions of children with cerebral palsy and to increase their living standards.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Being 11-18 years old
• To be diagnosed with cerebral palsy
• Not have been previously trained piano
• To have enough cognitive function to perform commands
• Accepted to participate in the study

Criteria for not being included in research:

• Having cognitive disorder
• Advanced visual impairment, visual field defect
• To be previously trained for piano
• Another disease preventing upper extremity movements

Hand functions will be assessed with MACS (Manual Ability Classification System), hand dynamometer, box-block test, 9 hole peg test, pressing velocity measured with Cubase MIDI (musical instrument data interface) program. Patients will receive 2 days of 40 minutes per week, total 3 months of customized piano training. Each session will be started with finger warming exercises, then with the right hand, left handed and with both hands, a simple pentatonic array will be played. In the following lessons, notes will be marked with colors and simple songs will be taught. At the end of 3 months, the tests will be repeated.

Conditions

Cerebral Palsy

Keywords

music therapy; cerebral palsy; piano training

Study Design

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

Study Groups

Neurologic music therapy

Patients will receive 2 days of 40 minutes per week, total 3 months of customized piano training. Each session will be started with finger warming exercises, then with the right hand, left handed and with both hands, a simple pentatonic array will be played. In the following lessons, notes will be marked with colors and simple songs will be taught.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Neurologic music therapy

Intervention Type: OTHER

Customized piano training

Interventions

Neurologic music therapy

Customized piano training

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Being 11-18 years old
• To be diagnosed with cerebral palsy
• Not have been previously trained piano
• To have enough cognitive function to perform commands
• Accepted to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria

• Having cognitive disorder
• Advanced visual impairment, visual field defect
• To be previously trained for piano
• Another disease preventing upper extremity movements

• Minimum Eligible Age: 11 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Istanbul Medeniyet University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Bilinç Doğruöz Karatekin

MD, Research Assistant of PMR

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Istanbul Medeniyet University Faculty of Medicine, Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Department

Istanbul, , Turkey (Türkiye)

Site Status: RECRUITING

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Central Contacts

Bilinç Doğruöz Karatekin, MD

Role: CONTACT

Phone: +905368308709

Email: bilincdogruoz@hotmail.com

Facility Contacts

Bilinç Doğruöz Karatekin

Role: primary

Other Identifiers

IMU FTR

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id