Promoting Functional Neck Motion in Patients With Cerebral Palsy Using a Dynamic Neck Brace

Status: Recruiting
Location: See all (2) locations...
Intervention Type: Device
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

The goal of this study is to characterize the head-neck motion of children with cerebral palsy and investigate how robotics can be used to improve the head-neck coordination of these children. Aim 1 is a cross-sectional study. In this single-session, kinematic and muscle activity data will be collected during the postural static, active-proactive, and reactive postural head tasks. Gross Motor Functional Classification System (GMFCS) levels will also be collected to categorize the sample into subgroups. Aim 2 is a prospective cohort quasi-experimental study. The data will be collected at baseline, across 12 intervention sessions, 1 week post-intervention, and 3 months follow-up. Functional assessments will be used to compare across the pre, mid, and post training. Participants will be assessed in Gross Motor Functional Measures (GMFM), Seated Posture and Reaching Control (SP\&R-co), and Canadian Occupational and Performance Measure (COPM). The primary outcomes will be SP\&R-co test and COPM pre- and post-intervention.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 11
Maximum Age: 21
Healthy Volunteers: t
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• CP, as medical diagnosis

• GMFCS IV-V classification

Locations
United States
New York
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
New York
ROAR Lab, Mudd Hall
RECRUITING
New York
Contact Information
Primary
Sunil K Agrawal, PhD
sunil.agrawal@columbia.edu
2128542841
Backup
Victor Santamaria
vsantama@nymc.edu
Time Frame
Start Date: 2025-03-06
Estimated Completion Date: 2026-12-30
Participants
Target number of participants: 30
Treatments
Experimental: Device
Motor learning principles will be combined with robotics to apply gentle forces on the head-neck during training.
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Collaborators: New York Medical College
Leads: Columbia University

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