Impact of Somatosensory Intensive Intervention on Motor Performance in Children With Unilateral Cerebral Palsy

Launched by UNIVERSIDAD SAN JORGE · Jan 17, 2020

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ClinConnect Summary

Feasibility and longitudinal study with blinding of the evaluator and the person analyzing the data. The study have 4 procedures:

1. - Assessment pre-intervention
2. - Intervention: three weeks
3. - Assessment post-intervention
4. - Follow-up assessment (three months after intervention).

Gender

ALL

Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Diagnosis of unilateral cerebral palsy
• • Manual Ability Classification System (MACS): levels I, II y III.
• • Gender: male and female
• • Age: 6 to 15 years old
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Existence of a moderate or severe cognitive impairment, which could interfere with the comprehension of the tester cues
• • Botulinum toxic infiltration 4 months before the date of the pre-intervention assessment or during intervention or during the 3 months after the final intervention
• • To have suffered any injury such as fractures and/or contusions in the upper limb in the last 12 months
• • Orthopedic intervention in the 6 months preceding the study or during the study