cerebral palsy stroke
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Adelante Zorggroep
Eligibility
Age
2 Years to 17 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Part 1: typically developing healthy children - Typically developing healthy child who is not suffering from any illness or disease that may affect arm-hand function. - Age between 6 and 18 years - No severe impaired communication as to comprehension - Children and the parents/caregivers should comprehend and speak Dutch;Part 2: children with CP - Child diagnosed with CP - Age between 6 and 18 years - Hagberg diagnosis: spastic hemiparesis or extreme asymmetric diplegia - Hand function impairment Zancolli grade I with evident problems in thumb extension and supination, Zancolli grade IIA and IIB 15. - No severe impaired communication as to comprehension - Children and the parents/caregivers should comprehend and speak Dutch Part 3: adults who suffered a stroke - Adults diagnosed with supratentorial stroke - Age * 50 years old - Clinically diagnosed with a central paresis of the arm-hand - Post-stroke time * 2 years - No severe impaired communication as to comprehension - Able to comprehend and speak Dutch
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Part 1: typically developing healthy children - Presence of disease or illness affecting arm-hand function ;Part 2: children with CP - Severe structural contractures of the muscles at the upper extremity (elbow extension deficit 20 degrees, supination deficit 45 degrees, deficit wrist dorsal flexion 30 degrees or more) - Severe impairment of hand function (Zancolli III) - Children who are hyper sensible and cannot bare touching the affected arm and hand;Part 3: adults who suffered a stroke - A-functional arm-hand (Utrechtse Arm/Hand Test 21, score = 0) - Severe neglect (Bell Test, Letter Cancellation Test: minimum omission score of 15% 16-18) - Hemianopsia - Severe spasticity (Modified Ashworth Scale total arm > 4) - Severe additional neurological, orthopaedic or rheumatoid impairments which could interfere with task performance - Broca aphasia, Wernicke aphasia, global aphasia (determined by the Akense Afasie Test 19, - Apraxia (Apraxiatest of van Heugten 20)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Main study parameters/endpoints: The 3 study parameters addressed in this study are: 1) the reproducibility of activities of daily living measured with *9-DOF sensors*; 2) the possibilities of identification of activities of daily living, based on pattern recognition techniques using the recorded signals; 3) quantification of quality of movement during the execution of activities of daily living. | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed