Types of Upper Limb and Hand in Patients With Cerebral Palsy

NCT02834195 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: D21882
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 111
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Cerebral palsy (CP) has been defined as "a group of permanent disorders of the development of movement and posture causing activity limitation(s) that are attributed to non-progressive disturbances that occurred in the developing fetal or infant brain". Investigators previously developed two classification systems, one for the upper limb and one for the hand, based on 100 films of patients with cerebral palsy. Separate classifications were developed following an initial study in which investigators found no correlations between upper limb and hand patterns, meaning that specific upper limb patterns are not always associated with specific hand patterns. Thumb patterns were not included in these classifications since robust classifications already exist, moreover thumb patterns are independent from hand patterns. The aim is to evaluate the inter- and intra-rater reliability of two previously developed classifications of upper limb and hand patterns.

Conditions

Cerebral Palsy

Keywords

Cerebral palsy; reliability; upper limb and hand patterns; classification

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (4)

• Change in upper limb pattern classification of each examiner between day 1 and month 2

  Intra-rater reliability of a classification of upper limb pattern in patients with cerebral palsy.

  examiner classification at day 1 and at month 2.

• Change in hand pattern classification of each examiner between day 1 and month 2

  Intra-rater reliability of a classification of hand pattern in patients with cerebral palsy.

  examiner classification at day 1 and at month 2.

• Change between examiner classification and the expert examiner classification

  Level of agreement will be determined with Fleiss's kappa (k) and its 95% confidence interval Inter-rater reliability of a classification of upper limb pattern in patients with cerebral palsy.

  Expert examiner classification (day 1) and examiner classification (week 4)

• Change between examiner classification and the expert examiner classification

  Level of agreement will be determined with Fleiss's kappa (k) and its 95% confidence interval. Inter-rater reliability of a classification of hand pattern in patients with cerebral palsy.

  Expert examiner classification (day 1) and examiner classification (week 4)

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 2 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Patients with cerebral palsy

You may qualify if:

• cerebral palsy

You may not qualify if:

• none

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Hospices Civils de Lyon: lead

Study Sites (1)

Hospices Civils de Lyon, Pôle Information Médicale, Evaluation, Recherche - 162 avenue Lacassagne - Bâtiment A

Lyon, 69424, France

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Cerebral Palsy

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

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

Study Officials

• Sandrine TOUZET, MD

  Hospices Civils de Lyon, Pôle Information Médicale, Evaluation, Recherche

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Time Perspective: CROSS SECTIONAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 4, 2016
• First Posted: July 15, 2016
• Study Start: June 1, 2013
• Primary Completion: June 1, 2014
• Study Completion: June 1, 2014
• Last Updated: July 19, 2016

Record last verified: 2016-06

Locations

FR (1)