Targeted Ballet Class for Cerebral Palsy

NCT04237506 | Completed

• 2 other identifiers: 1671816CN1335
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 6
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study aims to investigate the effect of the targeted ballet dance on participants with cerebral palsy

Conditions

Cerebral Palsy

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change in Montreal Stretch Reflex Threshold

  Montreal Stretch Reflex threshold is an objective method using surface electromyography and electrogoniometer to quantify spasticity by measuring the onset of the tonic stretch reflex.

  Tested during assessment sessions and on the first and last week of dance to evaluate change from the baseline at a 10-week period.

Secondary Outcomes (7)

• Change in Selective control assessment of the lower extremity (SCALE) Score Sheet

  Tested during assessment sessions to measure change from the baseline at a 10-week period.

• Change in Pediatric Berg Balance Scale (PBS)

  Tested during assessment sessions to measure change from the baseline at a 10-week period.

• Change in Dyskinesia impairment scale (DIS)

  Tested during assessment sessions to measure change from the baseline at a 10-week period.

• Participant Information Questionnaire

  Tested during assessment sessions to measure change from the baseline at a 10-week period.

• Change in Quality fo Upper Extremity Skills Test (QUEST)

  Tested during assessment sessions to measure change from the baseline at a 10-week period.

Study Arms (1)

Intervention group

EXPERIMENTAL

All participants in this group will take the one-hour ballet dance class twice per week for six weeks

Behavioral: Targeted ballet dance

Interventions

Targeted ballet dance BEHAVIORAL

The one-hour ballet dance class will be provided twice per week for six weeks. The syllabi are adapted from the Joffrey Ballet Academy and Royal Academy of Dancing that are targeting grades primary to level 1 and typically developing kids at the age of 6 to 10 years old. PI will be the class instructor, and the class structure will follow the guidelines in 'Dance program for physical rehabilitation and participation in children with cerebral palsy' by Lopez-Ortiz et al.

Intervention group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 3 Years - 64 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• diagnosed with spastic cerebral palsy
• is between 3 to 64 years old
• have no uncorrected vision
• have no other neuromuscular or musculoskeletal condition
• have not had surgical procedures within six months of enrollment in the study
• participate in stable school and/or private physical therapy with a frequency no greater than one session per week
• have no changes in medication for the last six months
• have the ability to pay attention and follow three-step directions
• be medically stable, (8) have no other concurrent illness
• have not received any Botox treatment within three months previous to the initiation of the study, and have Gross Motor System Classification Scale (GMFCS) I-IV (NOT V).

You may not qualify if:

• Not meeting ALL of the criteria

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Citlali Lopez-Ortiz: lead

Study Sites (1)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Urbana, Illinois, 61801, United States

Location

Related Publications (10)

• Lopez-Ortiz C, Gladden K, Deon L, Schmidt J, Girolami G, Gaebler-Spira D. Dance program for physical rehabilitation and participation in children with cerebral palsy. Arts Health. 2012 Feb 1;4(1):39-54. doi: 10.1080/17533015.2011.564193. Epub 2011 Jun 13.

  PMID: 25431617 BACKGROUND

• Fowler EG, Staudt LA, Greenberg MB, Oppenheim WL. Selective Control Assessment of the Lower Extremity (SCALE): development, validation, and interrater reliability of a clinical tool for patients with cerebral palsy. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2009 Aug;51(8):607-14. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2008.03186.x. Epub 2009 Feb 12.

  PMID: 19220390 BACKGROUND

• Rodrigues, Marcos & Levin, Mindy & Feldman, Anatol & Mullick, Aditi. (2014). A New Standard in Objective Measurement of Spasticity. Journal of Medical Devices. 7. 10.1115/1.4024488.

  BACKGROUND

• Lopez-Ortiz C, Gaebler-Spira DJ, Mckeeman SN, Mcnish RN, Green D. Dance and rehabilitation in cerebral palsy: a systematic search and review. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2019 Apr;61(4):393-398. doi: 10.1111/dmcn.14064. Epub 2018 Oct 23.

  PMID: 30350851 BACKGROUND

• Chen CL, Shen IH, Chen CY, Wu CY, Liu WY, Chung CY. Validity, responsiveness, minimal detectable change, and minimal clinically important change of Pediatric Balance Scale in children with cerebral palsy. Res Dev Disabil. 2013 Mar;34(3):916-22. doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2012.11.006. Epub 2013 Jan 3.

  PMID: 23291508 BACKGROUND

• Lopez-Ortiz C, Egan T, Gaebler-Spira DJ. Pilot study of a targeted dance class for physical rehabilitation in children with cerebral palsy. SAGE Open Med. 2016 Sep 23;4:2050312116670926. doi: 10.1177/2050312116670926. eCollection 2016.

  PMID: 27721977 BACKGROUND

• Gracies JM, Burke K, Clegg NJ, Browne R, Rushing C, Fehlings D, Matthews D, Tilton A, Delgado MR. Reliability of the Tardieu Scale for assessing spasticity in children with cerebral palsy. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2010 Mar;91(3):421-8. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2009.11.017.

  PMID: 20298834 BACKGROUND

• Klingels K, De Cock P, Desloovere K, Huenaerts C, Molenaers G, Van Nuland I, Huysmans A, Feys H. Comparison of the Melbourne Assessment of Unilateral Upper Limb Function and the Quality of Upper Extremity Skills Test in hemiplegic CP. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2008 Dec;50(12):904-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2008.03123.x. Epub 2008 Sep 20.

  PMID: 18811701 BACKGROUND

• Graham HK, Rosenbaum P, Paneth N, Dan B, Lin JP, Damiano DL, Becher JG, Gaebler-Spira D, Colver A, Reddihough DS, Crompton KE, Lieber RL. Cerebral palsy. Nat Rev Dis Primers. 2016 Jan 7;2:15082. doi: 10.1038/nrdp.2015.82.

  PMID: 27188686 BACKGROUND

• Lopez-Ortiz C, He M, Gaebler-Spira D, Levin MF. Learning ballet technique modulates the stretch reflex in students with cerebral palsy: case series. BMC Neurosci. 2024 Nov 6;25(1):66. doi: 10.1186/s12868-024-00873-0.

  PMID: 39506647 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Cerebral Palsy

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

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

Study Officials

• Citlali López-Ortiz, M.A., Ph.D

  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Model Details: Children and adults with cerebral palsy

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 31, 2019
• First Posted: January 23, 2020
• Study Start: January 24, 2017
• Primary Completion: November 30, 2018
• Study Completion: February 13, 2021
• Last Updated: March 18, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-03

Locations

US (1)