Home Based Adaptive Arm Training for Children



Status:Recruiting
Conditions:Neurology
Therapuetic Areas:Neurology
Healthy:No
Age Range:5 - 17
Updated:1/30/2019
Start Date:January 2017
End Date:March 2019
Contact:Zena Moore
Email:zena.moore@nyumc.org

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Home Based Adaptive Arm Training for Children With Hemiplegia

Twenty pediatric patients aged 5-17 years with Acquired Brain Injuries (ABI) will be
randomized to receive either a bimanual-to-unimanual device home training program (10
subjects) or a conventional non-device home training program (10 subjects) for a period of 6
weeks.

The specific aims of this proposal are to:

Aim 1: Introduce home-based targeted upper limb training in children with hemiplegia from ABI
(Acquired Brain Injuries) using a bimanual-to-unimanual training approach It is hypothesized
that child-friendly home-based upper limb bimanual-to-unimanual training will lead to greater
compliance and improved motor outcome on the Fugl Myer Scale compared to a conventional home
training program.

Aim 2: Improve the understanding of the pattern of recovery of isolated joint movements in
the pediatric population with hemiplegia following ABI.

It is hypothesized that individuals receiving device-based bimanual-to-unimanual training
will show improvement in active range of motion across upper limb joints compared with a
conventional home training program.


Inclusion Criteria:

- Acquired Brain Injury at least 3 months prior to enrollment.

- Unilateral hemiparesis

- History of compliance with home exercise programs in the past.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Any social or medical problem that precludes compliance with the protocol

- Comorbid seizure disorder or other neurological disease

- Treatment with botulinum toxin or intrathecal baclofen in the 3 months preceding
enrollment

- Implanted neuromodulatory or electronic device or other complicating illness

- Lack of capacity to consent
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Principal Investigator: Renat Sukhov, MD
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