Aquatic Therapy for Children With Neuromotor Deficits

NCT ID: NCT05753345

Last Updated: 2024-12-13

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: RECRUITING
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 36 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2023-01-09
• Study Completion Date: 2026-11-30

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to explore the feasibility, fidelity and acceptability of an aquatic therapy assessment and intervention for children ages 3-9 with neuromotor deficits such as cerebral palsy. The intervention takes place in a warm water therapy pool, twice a week for ten weeks and targets swim safety skills, upper extremity function and self care participation and performance.

Detailed Description

The purpose of this study is to explore the feasibility, fidelity and acceptability of an aquatic therapy assessment and intervention. The intervention will target swim safety skills, upper extremity function and self care participation and performance in children with neuromotor conditions such as cerebral palsy. The study includes an intake evaluation session, twenty sessions of aquatic therapy (twice a week for 10 weeks) and a post evaluation session. This takes place in Columbus, Ohio.

Each session will be a combination of land-based self care training and water-based upper extremity exercise and swim skill training. The intervention structure will include the following:

1. Self Care Session: Doffing clothing, preparing for swimming

2. Motor learning aquatic activities guided by individualized goals

3. Self Care session: Towel dry, rinse off, dressing

Individualized activities will be planned according to the individualized goals written for each child participant.

Conditions

Cerebral Palsy; Hypoxia, Brain

Study Design

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

Study Groups

Intervention: aquatic occupational therapy (AquOTic-NM)

aquatic occupational therapy 30 minutes, self care training 15 minutes

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Aquatic therapy

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Children receive aquatic occupational therapy twice a week for 10 weeks. 30 minutes of aquatic therapy in a warm water pool to increase upper extremity function and swim skills; 15 minutes of self care training to increase independence with dressing and showering.

Interventions

Aquatic therapy

Children receive aquatic occupational therapy twice a week for 10 weeks. 30 minutes of aquatic therapy in a warm water pool to increase upper extremity function and swim skills; 15 minutes of self care training to increase independence with dressing and showering.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• 3-9 years for the children, 18+ for the parents/guardians.
• child with neuro-motor diagnosis (CP, hypoxia, etc.)
• child impairments in upper extremity function
• child deficits in performance of self care activities

Exclusion Criteria

• compromised airway
• uncontrolled seizures

• Minimum Eligible Age: 3 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 9 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Franklin County Board of Developmental Disabilities

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Ohio State University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Erika Kemp

Assistant Professor, Clinical

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Erika Kemp

Columbus, Ohio, United States

Site Status: RECRUITING

Countries

United States

Facility Contacts

Erika Kemp, PhD

Role: primary

Other Identifiers

2022H0340

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id