Cortical Plasticity in Spastic Diplegia After Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy
Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Procedure
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY
The purpose of this study is to characterize the cortical connectivity changes in the brain of spastic diplegic children after Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy.
Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 3
Maximum Age: 18
Healthy Volunteers: f
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• Children diagnosis with Spastic Diplegia and having Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy surgery
Locations
United States
Texas
UTHealth & Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital
RECRUITING
Houston
Contact Information
Primary
Manish N Shah, MD
Manish.N.Shah@uth.tmc.edu
713 500-7410
Backup
Bangning L Yu, RN, PhD
Bangning.Yu@uth.tmc.edu
713 500-7363
Time Frame
Start Date: 2015-08
Estimated Completion Date: 2031-01-01
Participants
Target number of participants: 15
Treatments
Other: 3Tesla MRI with DTI-MRI and rsfcMRI
Patients will receive 2 post-operative MRI's with DTI and rsfcMRI at 2 months and 12 months.
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Sponsors
Leads: The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston