Status:

COMPLETED

Parent-delivered Massage for Children With Autism - Ages 6 to 11

Lead Sponsor:

Western Oregon University

Collaborating Sponsors:

HRSA/Maternal and Child Health Bureau

Conditions:

Autism

Eligibility:

All Genders

6-11 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Through funding from the U.S. Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Teaching Research Institute at Western Oregon University (WOU) will be conducting research on the effect of a parent-delivered massage p...

Detailed Description

Children will be randomly divided into treatment groups and wait-list control groups. The control groups begin treatment five months after the treatment groups begin. All children will be tested on t...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Have a medical and/or educational diagnosis of autism
  • Be between the age of 6 and 11
  • Parents willing to attend the parent training session and transport the child to treatment sessions with trained staff 20 times in the first five months
  • Parents willing to give the fifteen-minute massage daily
  • Parents willing not to start any new interventions unless medically necessary

Exclusion

  • Taking psychoactive medication or pharmaceutical chelation therapy
  • Additional chronic disability (for example, cerebral palsy or uncontrolled seizures)
  • Receiving more than fifteen hours per week of intensive behavioral treatment for autism (e.g. Applied Behavior Analysis therapy)

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

June 1 2014

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

February 1 2016

Estimated Enrollment :

35 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT02222662

Start Date

June 1 2014

End Date

February 1 2016

Last Update

April 29 2016

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