Improving Activity in Individuals With Cerebral Palsy
Father Flanagan's Boys' Home
32 participants
Mar 1, 2025
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
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.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria1
- Cerebral palsy diagnosis and ambulatory (Gross Motor Function Classification Score \[GMFCS\] levels between I-III).
Exclusion Criteria1
- No orthopedic surgery in the last 6 months, botulinum injections within the last 6 months, or metal in their body that would preclude the use of MEG.
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Interventions
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.
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NCT06852664