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NCT Number: NCT01157494

Validity of Manipulation Taxonomy of Spastic Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy (CP) Forms

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Hemiplegia Brain Damage, Chronic Brain Diseases Central Nervous System Diseases Cerebral Palsy Nervous System Diseases Neurologic Manifestations Paralysis Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms

Age range

5 year–18 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Hospital Azienda Santa Maria Nuova in Reggio Emilia

Reggio Emilia, RE, 42100, Italy

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

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

Treatment and study plan

classification of hand manipulation function

Other

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).

Primary outcomes

  1. Assisting Hand Assessment (AHA)

    Time frame: 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 outcomes

  1. Melbourne Assessment of Unilateral Upper Limb Function (Melbourne Assessment)

    Time frame: 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

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Modena and Reggio Emilia

Other

Collaborators

  • Azienda USL Reggio Emilia - IRCCS

Registry information

Official study title

Validity of Manipulation Taxonomy of Spastic Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy Forms Proposed by Ferrari A et.al.

Important dates

Study start
2010
Primary completion
2010
Study completion
2010
First posted
Jul 7, 2010
Registry last updated
Jul 7, 2010

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