NCT03672864Completed
Parent Therapist Partnership to Provide Early, Intensive Exercise in Perinatal Stroke
Parent Therapist Partnership to Provide Early, Intensive Exercise to Enhance Walking Outcomes in Children With Perinatal Stroke
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 26 Aug 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
A prospective, single blind, parallel group, randomized control trial to determine if early, intensive lower extremity activity delivered by a physical therapist and a parent in partnership improves gross motor function more than usual care.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 18 (actual)
- First submitted
- 13 Sept 2018
- Start date
- 15 Feb 2019
- Primary completion date
- 22 Apr 2026
- Lead sponsor
- University of Alberta
- Diseases
- Stroke
- NCT number
- NCT03672864
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 18
- From 15 Feb 2019 to the primary completion date, 22 Apr 2026
- 3 sites in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- botulinum toxin A injections or surgery in the lower extremities within the previous six months
- concurrent casting during the intervention phase (including constraint-induced movement therapy with casting)
Other illness
- bilateral motor impairment
- epileptic seizures that could interfere with training
Other
- cognitive, behavioural or developmental impairments that preclude participation in the protocol
- diagnosis associated with neurological/developmental regression
- parent unable to communicate (verbal and written) in English or French
Who the study is looking for
- children ages 8 months to 3 years
- medical history and physical exam consistent with perinatal stroke
- hemiparesis in the upper and/or lower extremity
- parental agreement to adhere to the training and testing schedule
Age in the registry: 8 months to 36 months · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (3)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alberta Children's Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Calgary | Canada | Unknown status |
| University of Alberta Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Edmonton | Canada | Unknown status |
| Children'S Hospital Of Eastern Ontario Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ottawa | Canada | Unknown status |
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