Discovering the sense of touch: protocol for a randomised controlled trial examining the efficacy of a somatosensory discrimination intervention for children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Of children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy, 75% have impaired somatosensory function, which contributes to learned non-use of the affected upper limb. Currently, motor learning approaches are used to improve upper-limb motor skills in these children, but few studies have examined the effect of any intervention to ameliorate somatosensory impairments. Recently, Sense© training was piloted with a paediatric sample, seven children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy, demonstrating statistically and clinically significant change in limb position sense, goal performance and bimanual hand-use. This paper describes a protocol for a Randomised Controlled Trial of Sense© for Kids training, hypothesising that its receipt will improve somatosensory discrimination ability more than place

SUBMITTER: McLean B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6069953 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature