The Follow Study of Speech Functions in Preschool Children With Cerebral Palsy: Clinical Measures and Acoustic Analysis

NCT02378987 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: 99-1917B
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 46
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The aims of this study:

1. 1.to investigate the difference in motor speech functions among children with cerebral palsy (CP) of different motor severities.
2. 2.to investigate the longitudinal in motor speech functions at 6 months follow-up phase among children with CP of different motor severities.
3. 3.the correlation between motor severity, personal factors, family factors, language ability and motor speech in children with CP.
4. 4.to identify the variables that can predict motor speech functions in children with CP.

Conditions

Cerebral Palsy

Keywords

cerebral palsy; language; acoustic; motor speech; follow-up

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change of Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised

  Children with CP underwent the assessments of Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised.

  baseline and six months

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Change of Percentage of Correct Consonant in six months

  baseline and six months

Study Arms (3)

Typical developmental children

Normal children

CP children with GMFCS level I and II

Children with CP were classified into Levels I-II based on the Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS).

CP children with GMFCS level III and IV

Children with CP were classified into Levels III-IV based on the Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS).

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 4 Years - 8 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)
• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

children with CP having language ability greater than 3 years

You may qualify if:

• Subjects between the ages of 4-8 years old children.
• Subjects which aged 7 years or older should sign a consent form by themself.
• In line with the assessment, the case must be able to follow simple verbal commands, and can be done in a simple sentence description.
• were diagnosed with spastic cerebral palsy.

You may not qualify if:

• physiological condition is unstable: Included in three months for surgery or infection and other major diseases
• there is progressive or degenerative symptoms or diseases (such as degenerative epilepsy), peripheral nerve injury, spinal cord injury.
• visual perception or hearing problems, after correction difficult communicators.
• other movement disorders patterns for children with cerebral palsy (athetoid type, offset type, etc.).

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Chang Gung Memorial Hospital: lead

Study Sites (1)

Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

Taoyuan District, 333, Taiwan

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Cerebral Palsy; Language

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Brain Damage, Chronic; Brain Diseases; Central Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Diseases; Communication; Behavior

Study Officials

• Chia-Ling Chen, PhD

  Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 25, 2015
• First Posted: March 4, 2015
• Study Start: October 1, 2010
• Primary Completion: July 1, 2012
• Study Completion: August 1, 2012
• Last Updated: March 11, 2015

Record last verified: 2010-08

Locations

TW (1)