PTProtocolPediatric physical therapy : the official publication of the Section on Pediatrics of the American Physical Therapy Association2019
Daily and Weekly Rehabilitation Delivery for Young Children With Gross Motor Delay: A Randomized Clinical Trial Protocol (the DRIVE Study).
Rachel Ferrante, Sarah Hendershot, Kathy Baranet, Gardenia Barbosa, Helen Carey, Nathalie Maitre, Warren Lo, Jeff Pan, Jill Heathcock
PMID 30865149WHAT IT FOUND
No participant outcomes are reported.
This is a trial protocol for therapy frequency in infants with cerebral palsy or risk of cerebral palsy.
What this paper is
This is a randomized clinical trial protocol. It plans to compare daily, intermediate, and weekly therapy for infants with cerebral palsy or risk of cerebral palsy. It reports no participant outcomes, so there is no finding here to change practice on.
Declared interests
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
The easy way to misread this
Do not conclude that daily therapy is better than weekly therapy. The paper is a protocol and reports no trial outcomes.