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The aim of this study was to determine the effects of an innovative child-friendly remind-to-move treatment (RTM) treatment by comparing it with constraint-induced movement therapy (CIMT) on upper extremity outcomes in children with hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy. In an evaluator-blinded randomized controlled trial, 73 children, among of whom 20 in Manual Ability Classification System level I, 38 level II, and 15 level III, were recruited from 3 special schools and randomized to receive 75-hour RTM (n=25) and CIMT (n=24) programme over 15-weekdays, and conventional treatment (n=24). The primary outcomes were Jebsen-Taylor Hand Function Test (JTHFT) and Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency (BOTMP-II) Subtest 3 for assessing the motor efficiency at baseline, posttest, and 1- and 3-month follow-up.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Remind-to-move | Experimental | RTM involved a wristwatch device worn on more-affected arm which emitted sensory cueing continuously to remind the children to use the more-affected hand to engage in daily activities or complete bimanual tasks intensively, 5 hour per day, 5 days every week, for 3 consecutive weeks. |
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| Modified constraint induced movement therapy (mCIMT) | Active Comparator | children were encouraged to wear a customer-made volar resting splint that extended from below the elbow to the fingertips on their noninvolved hands for 5 hour daily except for toileting, writing and specific physical sports, for 3 weeks. Each child was supervised by one therapist to complete structured unimanual practice with the affected hand during the supervised session, 5 days every week, for 3 consecutive weeks. |
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| Conventional rehabilitation | Placebo Comparator | Conventional splinting, muscle strengthening, stretching, and neurodevelopmental facilitation techniques for 1hr daily, 2 day per week for 3 weeks. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Remind-to-move | Behavioral |
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| Modified constraint induced movement therapy |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Jebsen-Taylor Hand Function Test (JTHFT) | Change from Baseline at 3 weeks (plus follow up at 1 month and 3 months after training) | |
| Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency (2nd ed.) (BOTMP-II) | Change from Baseline at 3 weeks (plus follow up at 1 month and 3 months after training) |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Caregiver Functional Use Survey (CFUS) | Change from Baseline at 3 weeks (plus follow up at 1 month and 3 months after training) | |
| Ratio of movement duration on the affected hand from accelerometer | Change from Baseline at 3 weeks (plus follow up at 1 month and 3 months after training) |
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| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 22801471 | Background | Fong KN, Jim ES, Dong VA, Cheung HK. 'Remind to move': a pilot study on the effects of sensory cueing treatment on hemiplegic upper limb functions in children with unilateral cerebral palsy. Clin Rehabil. 2013 Jan;27(1):82-9. doi: 10.1177/0269215512448199. Epub 2012 Jul 16. | |
| 25548861 | Background | Dong AQ, Fong NK. Remind to move - A novel treatment on hemiplegic arm functions in children with unilateral cerebral palsy: A randomized cross-over study. Dev Neurorehabil. 2016 Oct;19(5):275-83. doi: 10.3109/17518423.2014.988304. Epub 2014 Dec 30. |
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| Conventional rehabilitation | Behavioral |
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| Active range of motion (AROM) as measured by digital goniometer | Change from Baseline at 3 weeks (plus follow up at 1 month and 3 months after training) |
| Power grip strength as measured by dynamometer | Change from Baseline at 3 weeks (plus follow up at 1 month and 3 months after training) |