Bimanual Intensive Therapy, Constraint Induced Movement Therapy, Family, Infantile Hemiplegia
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 families.
Interventions
PROCEDUREINFANT CIMT/BIT
Constraint induced movement therapy (CIMT) and Bimanual Intensive therapy (BIT)
Sponsors
University of Seville
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Intervention model description
Randomized
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 drugs * 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 families | 10 weeks | Descriptive questionnaire to obtain the adherence and satisfaction from families in this therapies. |
Countries
Spain
Outcome results
None listed