Upper Limb Reeducation Across Life Span

NCT ID: NCT03997591

Last Updated: 2019-06-25

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Total Enrollment: 15 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2019-03-01
• Study Completion Date: 2019-05-29

Brief Summary

Program Ready2E.A.T. was developed to be tested in the upper limb reeducation on population at risk, such as:

• Children with dysfunction
• Cognitive impaired elderly
• Dementia people

Detailed Description

Program Ready2E.A.T. consists on the training of specific upper limb tasks, including:

• reaching during attention tasks
• reaching during memory tasks
• reaching during sequential motor tasks
• reaching during fine hand movements

This program has been tested as a measure of functional status (cognitive and motor habilities) in population with different risks; It also has been tested as an effective program for reeducation in cognitive affected population.

Conditions

Upper Extremity Dysfunction; Dementia; Cerebral Palsy; Cognitive Decline; Eating Disorders

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: CASE_CONTROL
• Study Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

Conventional therapy

Group doing conventional rehabilitation was assessed at T0 and then after 6 weeks of conventional therapy (occupational therapy, physical therapy, aquatic therapy, musicotherapy, others)

Ready2E.A.T. PROGRAM

Intervention Type: OTHER

Training tasks based on:

reaching activities during attention tasks, memory tasks, sequential tasks This group was assessed at T0 and then after 6 weeks of conventional therapy.

Ready2E.A.T. therapy

Group doing Ready2E.A.T. program received a mean of 1 hour per week and was assessed at T0 and then after 6 weeks of this program implementation.

Ready2E.A.T. PROGRAM

Intervention Type: OTHER

Training tasks based on:

reaching activities during attention tasks, memory tasks, sequential tasks This group was assessed at T0 and then after 6 weeks of conventional therapy.

Interventions

Ready2E.A.T. PROGRAM

Training tasks based on:

reaching activities during attention tasks, memory tasks, sequential tasks This group was assessed at T0 and then after 6 weeks of conventional therapy.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• people with 60years old with cognitive decline
• children aging 6-10 years old with cognitive and motor dysfunction
• dysfunction in feeding participation

Exclusion Criteria

• participants that do not understand 2 simnultaneous verbal commands

• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Instituto Politécnico de Leiria

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Marlene Rosa

Clinical Professor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Instituto Politécnico de Leiria

Leiria, , Portugal

Countries

Portugal

Provided Documents

Document Type: Statistical Analysis Plan

View Document

Other Identifiers

IPL10062019

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id