Improving Activity in Individuals With Cerebral Palsy

Part of paid clinical trials in Boys Town, Nebraska.

Sponsor
Father Flanagan's Boys' Home
Study ID
NCT06852664
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Cerebral Palsy

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
11 Years - 45 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • Motivational Interviewing — BEHAVIORAL
    The participants will meet with the research staff three times a week during the eight weeks of wearing the activity monitor via video or Webex call with a duration ideally not exceeding one hour. All staff involved in these coaching sessions have been MINT trained and certified and have mastered the skills of motivational interviewing. Their goal will be to discuss with the participant about how successful they have been or not been in increasing their daily step count and movement and discussing the barriers preventing them from achieving that goal. Open-ended questions, affirmations, reflections, summaries, balancing change and sustain talk, and eliciting change behavior will all be used accordingly during the sessions. Coaching is tied to the overall results in investigating if motivational interviewing and coaching are effective in increasing movement in populations with cerebral palsy.

Study Details

Individuals with cerebral palsy are known to have a reduced amount of physical activity; yet, there are no known intervention strategies for improving the number of steps they take each day. This study will use wearable physical activity monitors to assess if behavioral coaching is a viable strategy for combating the reduced physical activity seen in this patient population.

Key Dates

Start date
Mar 1, 2025
Status verified
Sep 2025
Primary completion
Mar 1, 2029
Completion
Mar 1, 2029

Study Design

Enrollment
32 participants (estimated)
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT

Arms

  • Experimental: Cerebral Palsy Youth/Young Adults
    Baseline and 8-week assessments as well as 8 weeks of motivational interviewing 3x/week

Primary Outcome Measure

Change in Mobility Test Time [ Time Frame: Baseline and 8 weeks ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Boys Town National Research HospitalBoys TownNebraska68010
Max J Kurz, PhD
[email protected]
402-559-6415
Max J Kurz, PhD (PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR)

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