RT Journal Article
T1 Feasibility of Home-Based Early Infant Hybrid Therapy in Children with Unilateral Cerebral Palsy
A1 Palomo‐Carrión, Rocío
A1 Romay Barrero, Helena Maria
A1 Pinero‐Pinto, Elena
A1 Romero-Galisteo, Rita Pilar
A1 Coello-Villalón, María
A1 Ferri-Morales, Asunción
A1 López-Muñoz, Purificación
A1 Lirio-Romero, Cristina
K1 Niños paralíticos cerebrales - Ejercicios terapéuticos
K1 Neuroplasticidad
AB The first stage of childhood is characterized by great neuronal plasticity. InUnilateral Cerebral Palsy (UCP), it is essential to carry out early treatment, with family involvement.The aim of this study was to investigate the feasibility of Early Infant Hybrid Therapy (eI-Hybrid) appliedat home with family involvement in children with UCP aged 9–18 months, and to assess its preliminaryeffectiveness on bimanual functional performance. Methods: A single group of 10 children(12.8 months, SD = 3.4) performed the eI-Hybrid therapy. The main outcome was measured withthe mini Assisting Hand Assessment scale (mini-AHA), functional goals were measured with theGoal Attainment Scale (GAS), and satisfaction expectations on intensive therapy were also recorded.Three measures were performed (week 0, week 10, and month 6). A repeated-measures ANOVAtest was performed on the mini-AHA in order to observe the statistically significant differencesin pairwise comparison. Results: Ten children completed the study and the parents’ expectationswere fulfilled, indicating high caregiver compliance and high adherence to the treatment. Clinicallyrelevant changes were observed between pre- and post-intervention measurements in BFP (pre: 41.9(SD: 7.7), post: 50.9 (SD: 6.0) and in the follow-up at 6 months (50.3 (SD:5.6); p < 0.001). Familiesreported a high satisfaction. Conclusions: infant hybrid treatment is feasible to be performed at homewith the family’s involvement, obtaining improvements in the affected upper limb for early-age UCP
PB MDPI
YR 2024
FD 2024
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/39543
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/39543
LA eng
NO Palomo-Carrión, R., Romay-Barrero, H., Pinero-Pinto, E., Romero-Galisteo, R. P., Coello-Villalón, M., Ferri-Morales, A., ... & Lirio-Romero, C. (2024). Feasibility of Home-Based Early Infant Hybrid Therapy in Children with Unilateral Cerebral Palsy. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 13(22), 6725.
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 20 ene 2026