HABIT-ILE: Randomised controlled trial of Hand Arm Bimanual Intensive Training Including Lower Extremity Training for children with bimanual cerebral palsy
(2020)
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- (en) In Australia, 35,000 people have cerebral palsy (CP), and between 60-70% of these people have difficulties with movement on both sides of their body (bilateral CP). We don’t yet have strong research evidence to support intensive therapy for children with bilateral CP to improve their ability to use their hands, walk and perform daily life tasks that are important to them or that they need to do. We do have promising pilot data on a new intervention, called HABIT-ILE. We have received over $1 million AUD from the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) to test HABIT-ILE in 150 children with bilateral CP and compare results to the usual care that is received. We want to know if HABIT-ILE is effective at improving hand function and gross motor function. We are also going to use special functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) to whether HABIT-ILE induces neuroplastic changes in the brain. HABIT-ILE is delivered as a “day camp” model (6.5 hours a day for 10 days around the school holidays – a total of 65 hours of therapy!). Each camp will involve 10-12 children and therapy will be based on the child’s motor abilities, age, interests and self-identified goals. This includes play, craft, cooking, everyday living skills, gaming technologies and practice of goal activities and physical activities. We have commenced recruitment at our Brisbane site and have so far received
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Sakzewski, L., Boyd, R., Bleyenheuft, Y., Novak, I., Elliott, C., Morgan, C., & Pannek, K. (2020). HABIT-ILE: Randomised controlled trial of Hand Arm Bimanual Intensive Training Including Lower Extremity Training for children with bimanual cerebral palsy. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/117359