Feasibility of an In-home Standing and Walking Intervention for Infants With and at High Risk of Cerebral Palsy

Description

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility and begin to evaluate the effect of an intensive in-home standing and walking intervention for infants with or at high risk of cerebral palsy.

Conditions

Cerebral Palsy

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Study overview

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility and begin to evaluate the effect of an intensive in-home standing and walking intervention for infants with or at high risk of cerebral palsy.

Feasibility of an In-home Standing and Walking Intervention for Infants With and at High Risk of Cerebral Palsy

Feasibility of an In-home Standing and Walking Intervention for Infants With and at High Risk of Cerebral Palsy

Condition
Cerebral Palsy
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Los Angeles

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States, 90089

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Infants with or at high risk of cerebral palsy (CP) who either:
  • * have been diagnosed with CP by a medical professional, or
  • * are at high risk of CP defined as having both:
  • * clinical brain imaging indicating CP, such as (i) white matter injury (cystic periventricular leukomalacia or periventricular hemorrhagic infarctions), (ii) hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, or (iii) neonatal stroke, and
  • * a score less than 63 or more than 5 asymmetries on the Hammersmith Infant Neurological Examination (HINE).
  • * prenatal substance abuse,
  • * congenital malformations,
  • * drug-resistant epilepsy,
  • * visual impairment that hinders the infant from seeing toys,
  • * hearing impairment that hinders the infant from responding to sound,
  • * living in a location inaccessible by study personnel for in-home data collections,
  • * participant over 50 lbs in weight.

Ages Eligible for Study

5 Months to 2 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

University of Southern California,

Barbara Sargent, PhD, PT, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of Southern California, Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy

Study Record Dates

2024-12-31