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Feasibility of an In-home Standing and Walking Intervention for Infants With and at High Risk of Cerebral Palsy
Recruiting
Who can join
5 Months – 2 Years · All sexes
Full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
* Infants with or at high risk of cerebral palsy (CP) who either:
* have been diagnosed with CP by a medical professional, or
* are at high risk of CP defined as having both:
* clinical brain imaging indicating CP, such as (i) white matter injury (cystic periventricular leukomalacia or periventricular hemorrhagic infarctions), (ii) hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, or (iii) neonatal stroke, and
* a score less than 63 or more than 5 asymmetries on the Hammersmith Infant Neurological Examination (HINE).
Exclusion Criteria:
* prenatal substance abuse,
* congenital malformations,
* drug-resistant epilepsy,
* visual impairment that hinders the infant from seeing toys,
* hearing impairment that hinders the infant from responding to sound,
* living in a location inaccessible by study personnel for in-home data collections,
* participant over 50 lbs in weight.About the study
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility and begin to evaluate the effect of an intensive in-home standing and walking intervention for infants with or at high risk of cerebral palsy.
What is being tested
- In-home standing and walking intervention (behavioral)
Sponsor: University of Southern California · Participants: 8 · Started: Mar 26, 2023
Contact the study team
- Barbara Sargent, PhD, PT · Phone: 323-442-4823
- Stacey C Dusing, PhD, PT · Phone: 323-442-1022
Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT05781438
Locations in the U.S.
| California | University of Southern California, Los Angeles |
Conditions
From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.