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

NCT01157494 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: UDGEE_2010_hand_class
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 30
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

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.

Conditions

Hemiplegia; Cerebral Palsy

Keywords

cerebral palsy; hemiplegia; upper limb; assessment; classification system

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Assisting Hand Assessment (AHA)

  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

  the 2 assessment has to be registered within 6 months

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Melbourne Assessment of Unilateral Upper Limb Function (Melbourne Assessment)

  the 2 assessment has to be registered within 6 months

Study Arms (1)

children with hemiplegia

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).

Other: classification of hand manipulation function

Interventions

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).

children with hemiplegia

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 5 Years - 18 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

We retrospectively studied children with hemiplegia and CP who are followed by the Unit for Severe Disability in the Developmental Age at the Hospital of Reggio Emilia (Italy).

You may qualify if:

• clinical and instrumental (TC or RMN) diagnosis of child hemiplegia
• age \> 5 years

You may not qualify if:

• 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

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Modena and Reggio Emilia: lead
• Azienda USL Reggio Emilia - IRCCS: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Hospital Azienda Santa Maria Nuova in Reggio Emilia

Reggio Emilia, RE, 42100, Italy

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Hemiplegia; Cerebral Palsy

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

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

Study Officials

• Adriano Ferrari, MD

  University of Modena and Reggio Emilia and Hospital Santa Maria Nuova

  STUDY CHAIR

• Giulia Borelli, PT

  Azienda USL Reggio Emilia

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: CROSS SECTIONAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 6, 2010
• First Posted: July 7, 2010
• Study Start: April 1, 2010
• Primary Completion: June 1, 2010
• Study Completion: July 1, 2010
• Last Updated: July 7, 2010

Record last verified: 2010-04

Locations

IT (1)