Clinical trial NCT05972499: the Effectiveness of Task-oriented Training With Pretend Play in CP Children
Official title: Therapeutic Outcomes of Task-oriented Training With Pretend Play in Children With Cerebral Palsy.
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Phase: NA
Conditions: Cerebral Palsy
Lead sponsor: Cairo University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2023-08-02
Enrollment: 40
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 6
Maximum age (years): 8
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: the effectiveness of task - oriented training with pretend play on gross motor function, functional capacity and cognitive function in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy.

Detailed description: PURPOSE: This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of task-oriented training with pretend play on: gross motor function, functional capacity and cognitive function in children with hemiplegic CP.

BACKGROUND: Children with HCP experience difficulty with the motor function of the affected lower extremity. The majority of children with hemiplegia are able to walk without restrictions but more advanced gross motor skills are often affected.

Task-Oriented Training is a contemporary neurological rehabilitation technique that has the prospects of improving the quality of life of children with CP. It is a function-based, goal directed intervention that requires active involvement of the patient in a therapy that is task and context-specific, which focused on the accomplishment of functional activities and participation.

Pretend play is defined as play in which the child acts with intent that is representational. pretend play helps children learn how to express themselves, explore social interactions, and understand things and people within a real-world context.

HYPOTHESES: There is effect of task-oriented training with pretend play on gross motor function, functional capacity and cognitive function in children with hemiplegic CP.

. ..................... RESEARCH QUESTION: Does task-oriented training with pretend play has an effect on gross motor function, functional capacity and cognitive function in children with hemiplegic CP?

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Hemiplegic CP children of both genders.
* Their age range will be from 6 up to 8 years.
* They will be have spasticity will range from 1+ and 2, spasticity will be diagnosed based on the modified Ashworth scale.
* They will be have gross motor function at levels II and III, gross motor function will be diagnosed based on Gross Motor Function Classification System Expanded and Revised.
* They will be able to understand and follow direction.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Any visual or auditory impairments.
* Epilepsy.
* Any cognitive disorder.
* Any fracture or orthopedic surgery in the last 6 months.

Primary outcomes:
measure: change from baseline in cognitive function on Wechsler intelligence scale for children (WISC-IV) at week13
timeFrame: Baseline and week 13
measure: change from baseline in functional capacity on six minutes walk test at week 13
timeFrame: Baseline and week 13
measure: change from baseline in gross motor function on Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM) at week 13
timeFrame: Baseline and week 13
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