Cerebral Palsy and Cerebral Vascular Accident
Conditions
Interventions
The intervention protocol was composed by a serie of 10 exercises, with 10 repetitions of each exercise, performed 5 times a week, for 8 consecutives weeks. The exercises were composed by flexion and
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E02.779.483
Sponsors
Universidade Estadual de Campinas - UNICAMP
Universidade Estadual de Campinas - UNICAMP
Eligibility
Age
15 Years to 25 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Dysfunctional diagnosis of hemiparesis with brachial predominance; Medical diagnosis of Cerebral Palsy or Cerebral Vascular Accident, of prenatal or perinatal etiology; Age between 15 and 25 years; Normal cognitive function.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Visual and/or hearing impairment; Mental deficiency; Muscular contractions that unable the execution of the tests; Muscle tone of affected upper limb equal to or greater than 3 in the Ashworth Scale; Botulinum toxin injections and/or surgery during the previous 6 months; Subjects who do not accomplished 25% or more of the intervention sessions.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Improvement in the aspects evaluated by Fugl-Meyer Scale (motor function of the affected upper limb) and the Functional Independence Measure (functional ability in the activities of daily living), after 8 weeks of intervention with the mirror therapy. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Improvement the correlation between the two scales, evaluated by before and after the tratament evaluation of the Pearson correlation test. | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactJuliana Lahr
Juliana Lahr
Outcome results
None listed