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Robot-assisted Training in Children With CP

Description

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.

Conditions

Cerebral Palsy
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Study overview

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.

Robot-assisted Hand Training to Induce Manual Functional Change and Cerebral Neural Plasticity in Children With Cerebral Palsy

Robot-assisted Training in Children With CP

Condition
Cerebral Palsy
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Fort Worth

Cook Children's Medical Center, Fort Worth, Texas, United States, 76104

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * An evaluation by a pediatric neurologist, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PMNR) physicians (physiatrists), neonatal developmental specialist, or neonatologist with a diagnosis of CP.
  • * Classified as high-functioning (I or II) at the Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS)
  • * Participants in the control group should have no history of neurological disorder or brain injury
  • * Psychoactive or myorelaxant medication during study procedures
  • * Genetic syndrome diagnosis
  • * History of trauma or brain operation
  • * Inability to sit still
  • * Metal implants
  • * Baclofen pump
  • * Inability or unwillingness of patient or parent/legally authorized representative to give written informed consent

Ages Eligible for Study

7 Years to 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

Cook Children's Health Care System,

Christos Papadelis, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Cook Children's Health Care System

Study Record Dates

2025-12-31