Mirror Therapy With Sensory Motor Training in Children With CP

Effects of Mirror Therapy With Sensory Motor Training on Upper Limb Functions and Quality of Movement in Children With Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy

The study compares two interventions in CP children: mirror therapy with sensory motor training versus mirror therapy with motor training. Mirror therapy works by manipulating the brain out of pain, ultimately improving movement in patients with one-sided paralysis. It can be used in combination with other therapies to assist patients with cerebral palsy in retraining the brains, restoring function, and enhancing the overall quality of life. The purpose of this study is to use a combination of Mirror therapy with sensory motor training and motor training and observe which one of these combinations has the most desirable effects in improving movement and quality of life in CP Children

The neurodevelopmental disorder known as cerebral palsy (CP) is caused by damage to the developing brain and is characterized by abnormalities of muscle tone, mobility, and motor skills. A person with cerebral palsy can be classified according to how it affects movement, the area of the body that is affected, and how severe the effects are. Children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy have a variety of motor and sensory deficits in the upper limb, which makes it more difficult to perform everyday tasks including reaching, gripping, releasing, and manipulating things. The movement produced by constraints on the less-affected hand and extensive training on the more-affected hand aims to enhance upper limb function in hemiparetic youngsters. One such intervention to improve the motor function of these patients is the use of mirror therapy. Mirror therapy is one of the more recent approaches to helping the more severely afflicted upper extremities regain function after stroke. During mirror therapy, a mirror is held in the patient's midsagittal plane, reflecting the less-affected side as though it were the more-affected side. In this arrangement, the motions of the less affected extremity give the impression that the more affected extremity is moving normally. Mirror treatment is easy to use, reasonably priced, and non-intrusive. This makes it a promising and secure complement to hemiparesis therapy for children. Sensorimotor training involves proprioceptive and balance exercises that were developed to help individuals suffering from chronic musculoskeletal pain syndromes. Repetitive sensorimotor training may increase the responsiveness of nociceptive-evoked potentials. Motor training, on the other hand, focuses on skill acquisition through repetition. Through this study, the investigator wants to use a combination of techniques to improve upper limb function and quality of movement in patients with CP

Inclusion Criteria:

• Aged between 6 and 12 years
• Lack of use of the affected upper limb
• Level I-III of the Manual Ability Classification System (MACS)
• Level I-III in the Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Disease not associated with congenital hemiplegia
• Presence of contractures in the affected upper limb affecting the functional movement
• Surgery in the six months previously to the treatment
• Botulinum toxin in the two months previously to or during the intervention
• Pharmacologically uncontrolled epilepsy