Standing strong: new study tests Home-Based therapy for kids with cerebral palsy
NCT ID NCT07252713
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether a telehealth program that coaches parents to use adaptive standers can improve physical activity, sleep, and endurance in children ages 1-6 with severe motor delays (like cerebral palsy). Twenty children and their parents will take part in 8 weeks of standing sessions (3 times a week, 30 minutes each), with one weekly session guided by a physical therapist via video call. Researchers will measure changes in activity, sleep, and parent stress using wearable sensors and questionnaires.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- adaptive stander and parent coaching via telehealth
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a practical, home-based way to improve physical activity and sleep in young children with severe motor delays.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small early study (20 children) with no control group, so results may not be generalizable. The intervention is short (8 weeks) and relies on parent participation.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 20 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Feb 2026
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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1 year to 6 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Child age 1-6 years with CP or other severe motor delay (GMFCS IV-V); * Unable to stand without external support; * Parent willing and able to participate; * Internet access for telehealth; * Live within 50 miles of lab or willing to travel to OSU for pre and post testing and stander provision * One parent is fluent in English. Exclusion Criteria: * Inability to participate in telehealth * Parent/caregiver unable to participate
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Pediatric Assessment and Rehabilitation Lab
RECRUITINGColumbus, Ohio, 43221, United States
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