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

Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Observational

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

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.


Detailed Summary:
Sponsor: University of Modena and Reggio Emilia

Current Primary Outcome: 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


Original Primary Outcome: Same as current

Current Secondary Outcome: 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


Original Secondary Outcome: Same as current

Information By: University of Modena and Reggio Emilia

Dates:
Date Received: July 6, 2010
Date Started: April 2010
Date Completion:
Last Updated: July 6, 2010
Last Verified: April 2010