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The goal of this quasi-experimental study is to investigate and compare the effects of horizontal and vertical upper extremity performance on hand skills and trunk control in children with bilateral spastic cerebral palsy; could include any of the following: both gender, age ranged from 5 years to 8 years. The main question it aims to answer [is/are]:
There will be no significant difference effect between horizontal and vertical upper extremity performance on hand skills and trunk control in children with bilateral spastic cerebral palsy.
This study aims to investigate the effects of to investigate and compare the effects of horizontal and vertical upper extremity performance on hand skills and trunk control in children with bilateral spastic cerebral palsy. The research will evaluate fine motor proficiency, upper extremity function and trunk stability from sitting through a controlled and structured intervention program.
Participants will undergo designed Occupational Therapy program will be applied for 90 minutes, three days per week for successive three months for the both groups by the researcher The study adopts a quasi-experimental design, with thirty participants allocated into two groups of an equal number, twenty children for each group. Two group will be identified as group (A) and group (B).
Data will be analyzed using paired t-test will be used for within group comparison before and after the intervention, for each variable and independent t-test was used to compare the demographic data and the baseline characteristics of both groups for all measured variables, pre and post treatments, with a significance level set at p < 0.05.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Group (A) | Active Comparator | Children in this group will receive a designed occupational therapy (OT) program to improvement hand skills conducted on a horizontal surface. |
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| Group (B) | Experimental | Children in this group will receive the same designed OT program given to group (A) conducted on a vertical surface. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| a designed occupational therapy program to improvement hand skills conducted on a vertical surface. | Procedure | The treatment session will be started by the following exercises for 30 minutes as preparation for hand skill training and the second part of the session will be exercises facilitating fine motor skills a vertical surface for one hour, Three sessions per week will last for 90 minutes, for successive Three months. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Change in Fine motor proficiency | Evaluated using the fine motor form of the Bruinink-Oseretsky test for motor proficiency 2nd edition (BOT-2) | Before and after the three months of treatment |
| Change in upper extremity function | Evaluated using the Quality of Upper Extremity Skills Test (QUEST) | Before and after the three months of treatment |
| Change in trunk stability from sitting | Evaluated using the Trunk Control Measurement Scale (TCMS) to assess static and anticipatory trunk control | Before and after the three months of treatment |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Kamal El Sayed Shoukry, Professor Doctor | Department of physical therapy for growth and developmental disorder in children and its surgery, Faculty of physical therapy, Cairo University | Study Chair |
| Nanees Essam Mohamed, Professor Doctor | Department of physical therapy for growth and developmental disorder in children and its surgery, Faculty of physical therapy, Cairo University | Study Director |
| Gehan Mosaad Abd El-Maksoud, Professor Doctor | Department of physical therapy for growth and developmental disorder in children and its surgery, Faculty of physical therapy, Cairo University | Study Director |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Faculty of physical therapy | Cairo | 11511 | Egypt |
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| a designed occupational therapy (OT) program to improvement hand skills conducted on a horizontal surface. | Procedure | The treatment session will be started by the following exercises for 30 minutes as preparation for hand skill training and the second part of the session will be exercises facilitating fine motor skills a horizontal surface for one hour, Three sessions per week will last for 90 minutes, for successive Three months. |
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