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Robot-assisted Training in Children With CP
Sponsor: Cook Children's Health Care System
Summary
Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common physical disability in early childhood causing serious motor and sensory impairments. Effective interventions for the recovery of motor functions are of profound significance to children with CP, their families, caregivers, and health professionals. Robot-assisted rehabilitation represents a frontier with potential to improve motor functions and induce brain reorganization in children with CP.
Official title: Robot-assisted Hand Training to Induce Manual Functional Change and Cerebral Neural Plasticity in Children With Cerebral Palsy
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
7 Years - 18 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
80
Start Date
2021-09-25
Completion Date
2025-12-31
Last Updated
2024-06-10
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
Robot (Amadeo)-assisted Training
Amadeo® is an FDA Class I Exempt hand/finger robot that has the capacity to precisely measure hand/finger functions. To use Amadeo, a participant will be seated in a chair. The height of the robot arm support will be adjusted to achieve a comfortable position for the participant. One of the participant's arms will be will be placed on the robot arm support. Magnetic finger tips will then be attached to fingers and thumb. After this, fingers and thumb will be connected to the robot finger sliders. To use Amadeo, the movement range and maximal force of each finger will be configured according to the finger's capability. The following four types of function assessments will be performed with Amadeo: Force, range of motion, tone, and spasticity. Each session will last approximately one hour.
Locations (1)
Cook Children's Medical Center
Fort Worth, Texas, United States