Implementation of a HABIT-ILE Intervention at Home for Children With Bilateral Cerebral Palsy

Intensive interventions based on the principles of motor skill learning, like Hand-Arm Bimanual Therapy Including Lower Extremities (HABIT-ILE), have demonstrated excellent effectiveness in improving motor function and daily life independence of children with cerebral palsy (CP). Patients living far from big cities do not have easy access to such interventions, usually applied in the form of camps. This randomized controlled trial will include 48 children with bilateral CP and aims to test a home version of HABIT-ILE with the use of a specifically designed virtual device and a remote supervision. For this purpose, two types of two weeks intensive treatment programs will be compared: Hand and Arm Bimanual Intensive Therapy Including Lower Extremities at home ("HABIT-ILE at home") and "classic HABIT-ILE". Moreover, this study also aims to assess whether the patient's abilities are better with a follow-up at home after two weeks of HABIT-ILE therapy than without follow-up post therapy. Four groups will be compared: HABIT-ILE at home therapy with a follow-up at home, HABIT-ILE at home therapy without follow-up, classic HABIT-ILE therapy with a follow-up at home and classic HABIT-ILE therapy without follow-up. Children will be assessed at 3 time points: before therapy, after therapy and 3 months after the start of therapy.

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Yannick Bleyenheuft, Phd, Prof.  ·  +32 486 91 99 11  ·  yannick.bleyenheuft@uclouvain.be

Zélie Rosselli, Phd student  ·  +33 6 82 59 79 38  ·  zelie.rosselli@uclouvain.be

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