Effects of Music Therapy in Children With Cerebral Palsy
Unknown statusNot applicableNCT03640585
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Brief summary (from the registry)
Purpose:To observe the effects of music therapy on gross motor functions, pain and functional independence measurement in children with cerebral palsy(CP). Methods:Forty children with CP between 5-11years of age,were randomly divided into a music therapy(MT)+Neurodevelopmental techniques(NDT)group and only NDT group.Children listened to Classical music disc for 45 minutes.Children treated by NDT while listening to this music.Children were evaluated with Gross Motor Function Measurement(GMFM-88),WeeFIM for functional independence measurement,Wong-Baker faces pain rating scale (FACES) for pain intensity before,at the end of treatment and after 3 months of treatment.The treatments were given 3 times in every week,and totally 15 treatments were applied for 5 weeks.
Study details
- Official title
- The Effects of Music Therapy on Gross Motor Functions, Pain and Level of Functional Independence in Children With Cerebral Palsy
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Sponsor
- Istanbul Bilgi University
- Start date
- 2017-12-03
- Primary completion
- 2018-05-02
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 5 Years to 11 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Children from 5 to 11 years of age * Who had a spastic type CP diagnosis * able to understand the commands as co-operative * no hearing problems * between GMFCS levels I and III Exclusion Criteria: * Acute and chronic infectious diseases * Coagulation diseases * Progressive cerebral diseases such as neoplasms * Inherited diseases such as trisomy 21 syndrome * Hearing loss * Surgery from the upper and lower extremity in the last 1 year * Psychiatric problems * Weak cooperatives
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03640585