Pirate Camp
Pirate Camp is a constraint induced movement therapy (CIMT) program for school aged children with unilateral cerebral palsy (UCP). The camp was started in 2012 as part of an NIH funded research project exploring neurological changes in children with UCP following intensive intervention. The research study is currently a blinded, randomized controlled trial comparing the effectiveness of CIMT combined with virtual reality to CIMT alone.
Investigators at TWU
Outside Collaborators
- Angela Shierk, PhD, OTR
- Sophia Ulman, PhD
- Nancy Clegg, PhD
- Fabiola Reyes, MD
- Mauricio Delgado, MD
Partners and Affiliates
- Scottish Rite for Children
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Grant Funding and Agency Number
- Augmented CIMT in a Camp Setting Using the ArmeoSpring for School Aged Children With CP, Dallas Alumnae Association Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation, Scottish Rite Development
- Pablo Sensors for CIMT Camp, Hawk Incentives, Scottish Rite Development
Publications
Roberts, H., Shierk, A., Clegg, N. J., Baldwin, D., Smith, L., M. R. Delgado (2020). A Repeat Dose of Pediatric Constraint Induced Movement Therapy (abstract). Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 62 (S3), 130, doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/dmcn.14662.
Roberts, H., Shierk, A., Clegg, N. J., Baldwin, D., Smith, L., Yeatts, P., Delgado, M.R. (2020). Constraint Induced Movement Therapy Camp for Children with Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy Augmented by Use of an Exoskeleton to Play Games in Virtual Reality. Physical & Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics: A Quarterly Journal of Developmental Therapy, 1-16, doi: 10.1080/01942638.2020.1812790.
Shierk, A, Roberts, H., Clegg, N., Baldwin, D., Smith, L., Delgado, M. (2019). Identification of common bimanual performance goals of children participating in constraint induced movement therapy in a group setting (abstract). Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 61, S3, 221. https://doi.org/10.1111/dmcn.14354
Delgado, M., Roberts, H., Shierk, A., Smith, L., & Clegg, N. (2016). Augmenting Constraint Induced Movement Therapy with the Armeo®Spring Pediatric for Children with Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy: A Comparative Study (abstract). Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 58, 88, doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/dmcn.12_13225.
Cao, J., Khan, B., Hervey, N., Tian, F., Delgado, M., Clegg, N., Smith, L, Roberts, H., Tulchin-Francis, K., Shierk, A., Shagman, L., Macfarlane, D., Liu, H., & Alexandrakis, G. (2015). Evaluation of Cortical Plasticity in Children With Cerebral Palsy Undergoing Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy Based on Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy. Journal of Biomedical Optics, 1 (2)., doi: 10.1117/1.JBO.20.4.046009.
Hervey, N., Khan, B., Shagman, L., Tian, F., Delgado, M. R., Tulchin-Francis, K., Shierk, A., Roberts, H., Smith, L., Reid, D., & Clegg, N. J. (2014). Motion Tracking and Electromyography-Assisted Identification of Mirror Hand Contributions to Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Images Acquired During a Finger-Tapping Task Performed by Children With Cerebral Palsy. Neurophotonics, 1 (2)., doi: 10.1117/1.NPh.1.2.025009.
Romero, M. I., Tian, F., Khan, B., Shierk, A., Roberts, H., Smith, L. B., & Delgado, M. R. (2013). Motion Tracking and Electromyography-assisted Identification of Mirror Hand Contributions to Function Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Images Acquired During Finger-Tapping Task Performed by Children with Cerebral Palsy. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology (55), 53-54, doi: 10.1117/1.NPh.1.2.025009.
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