Bimanual Intensive Therapy, Constraint Induced Movement Therapy, Family, Infantile Hemiplegia, Upper Extremity Paresis
Conditions
Brief summary
mCIMT and BIT are therapies applied in children with hemiplegia which have a great evidence, but not in a early age. This research has the objective to know the effects of this therapies in infants diagnosed of infantile hemiplegia from 9 to 18 months applying 50 hours of dose for both interventions during 10 weeks, executing them at home by familes.
Interventions
OTHERInfant BIT
Not use of unaffected hand containment. Both hand are use to improve the bimanual coordination
OTHERInfant CIMT/BIT
Use unaffected hand containment in part of the intervention and then, both hands in bimanual activities without containment.
OTHERConventional therapy
Following the usual therapy in the baby.
OTHERinfant cimt
use of unaffected hand containment to improve the use of affected hand with unimanual activities
Sponsors
CEU San Pablo University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
9 Months to 18 Months
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Infantile hemiplegia * Age from 9 months to 18 months. * No use of the affected upper limb
Exclusion criteria
* Associated pathologies * Epilepsy no controlled with medicins * No collaborated families
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| mini Assisting Hand Assesment | 10 weeks | Bimanual functional performance Assessment in children with hemiplegia from 8 to 18 months. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Satisfaction questionnaire for familes | 10 weeks | Descriptive questionnaire to obtain the adherence and satisfaction from families in this therapies. |
Countries
Spain
Contacts
Primary ContactRocío Palomo Carrión
Outcome results
None listed