Limbs Alive: Use of video games to provide motivating, child centred therapy to improve bimanual skills for children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN91944190

Enrollment

Registered

2012-11-29

Start date

2012-04-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-06

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Conditions

Hemiplegic cerebral palsy Nervous System Diseases Spastic hemiplegic cerebral palsy

Interventions

70 children with hemiplegia will be randomly allocated to intervention or placebo groups, stratified for sex and severity. The children and families will be told only that computer games are being eva

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Hemiplegic cerebral palsy 2. Able to actively grasp the game controller with the paretic hand, though grasp need not be maintained. 3. Male & Female, age 7-15 years

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. IQ less than 70 2. Severe behavioural problems 3. Severe visual impairment 4. Severe fixed contractures of the wrist or elbow 5. Epilepsy induced by the flicker frequency of a computer screen

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Melbourne Unilateral Upper Limb Assessment at 1 month, 3 months and 6 months	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Assisting Hand Assessment at 1 month, 3months and 6 months 2. Beery-Buktenica Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration at 1 month, 3 months and 6 months 3. Canadian Occupational Performance Measure at 1 month, 3months and 6 months 4. Kidscreen at 1 month and 6 months	—

Countries

United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026