Comparative Efficacy Research of Intensive and Distributed Constraint-Induced Therapy: Evidence-Based Neurorehabilitation in Children With CP
This 3-year research project aims to investigate and compare the treatment effectiveness (in terms of motor and psychosocial outcomes) and potential predictors (in terms of demographical, biological and psychosocial domains) of the intensive and distributed Child- and Family-Friendly CIT protocols with an equivalent intervention period in children with CP by quasi randomized controlled study design. In addition, the selection and examination of outcome measures were based on the ICF-CY model to provide comprehensively documents.
• aged between 5 and 13 years
• diagnosed with congenital hemiplegic or children with CP with one more affected side
• apparently disuse phenomenon of the more affected hand at spontaneous contexts
⁃ Participants will be exclude for:
• excessive muscle tone (Modified Ashworth Scale ≤ 2 at any joints of the upper limb) before beginning treatment
• severe cognitive, visual, or auditory disorders according to medical documents, parental reports, and the examiner's clinical observation
• injections of botulinum toxin type A or operations on the UE within 6 months