Cerebral Palsy, Hemiplegia
Conditions
Keywords
cerebral palsy, hemiplegia, upper limb, assessment, classification system
Brief summary
In recent years Ferrari et al. proposed a new classification of manipulation in children with spastic hemiplegia which describes five different classes by analyzing and integrating the kinematic patterns of the hand and its functional use. The investigators believe that this classification provides the clinician with clinically meaningful information, by identifying the useful strategies spontaneously adopted by the children during manipulation tasks. The aim of this study is to determine the criterion validity of the new classification of the pattern of manipulation in children with spastic hemiplegia by correlating hand manipulation classes with both the scores of the Assisting Hand Assessment and the scores of the Melbourne Assessment of Unilateral Upper Limb Function.
Interventions
OTHERclassification of hand manipulation function
To determine the criterion validity of the classification of the pattern of manipulation proposed by Ferrari et al. we correlated hand manipulation classes with both the scores of the two standard criteria chosen (AHA and Melbourne Assessment).
Sponsors
Azienda USL Reggio Emilia - IRCCS
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
CROSS_SECTIONAL
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
5 Years to 18 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* clinical and instrumental (TC or RMN) diagnosis of child hemiplegia * age \> 5 years
Exclusion criteria
* acquired hemiplegia at the age \> 3 years * anti-spastic drug inoculations or functional surgery on the plegic UE 6 months prior to the video recordings * severe mental retardation attested by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of mental disorders IV * pharmaco-resistant epilepsy * behavioural disorders
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Assisting Hand Assessment (AHA) | the 2 assessment has to be registered within 6 months | correlation between the new classification of hand manipulation function and the AHA which measures the bi-manual performance, i.e. what the child usually does with the plegic hand |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Melbourne Assessment of Unilateral Upper Limb Function (Melbourne Assessment) | the 2 assessment has to be registered within 6 months | correlation between the new classification of hand manipulation function and the Melbourne Assessment which measures the bi-manual performance, i.e. what the child usually does with the plegic hand |
Countries
Italy
Outcome results
None listed