Recruiting

Adaptive Rock Climbing

Sponsor:

Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Code:

NCT06507072

Conditions

Congenital Upper Limb Differences

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 6 - 16

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Adaptive Rock Climbing Program

Study Details

Brief summary:

The goal of this clinical trial is to assess changes in functional and psychosocial outcomes following a 12-week adaptive rock-climbing program for children with congenital upper limb differences. The main questions it aims to answer are

  • Assess functional outcomes following a 12-week adaptive rock-climbing program.
  • Assess psychosocial outcomes following a 12-week adaptive rock climbing program.
  • Assess barriers to participation in adaptive sports.

Participants will complete 12-week adaptive rock climbing program.

Conditions

Congenital Upper Limb Differences

Study ID

NCT06507072

Start date

Dec 6, 2024

Status verified date

Feb, 2025

Completion date

May 31, 2026

Anticipated

Primary completion date

May 31, 2026

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 6 - 16

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Parents 18 years and older.
  • English or Spanish speaking.
  • Participants with unilateral or bilateral congenital upper extremity disorders of limb formation differences ages 6-16.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Any patients younger than 6 years or older than 16 years, patients not fluent in English or Spanish, or patients with parents younger than 18 years.

Study Design

Enrollment

20 participants

Anticipated

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Supportive Care

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Adaptive Rock Climbing

Interventions

Adaptive Rock Climbing Program

Twelve week rock climbing program. The program will take place once per week over the course of twelve weeks.

Primary outcome measure

  • Change from Baseline in Range of Motion at 12 Weeks [ Time Frame: Baseline and 12 weeks ]
  • Change from Baseline in KINDL Scores at 12 Weeks [ Time Frame: Baseline and 12 weeks ]
  • Change from Baseline in Muscle Testing at 12 Weeks. [ Time Frame: Baseline and 12 weeks ]
  • Change from Baseline in PROMIS Life Satisfaction Scores at 12 Weeks. [ Time Frame: Baseline and 12 weeks ]
  • Change from Baseline in PROMIS Pediatric Global Health Scores at 12 Weeks [ Time Frame: Baseline and 12 weeks ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Abigail Padilla

3236602450abpadilla@chla.usc.edu

Abigail Padilla

orthoresearch@chla.usc.edu

Locations

Children Hospital Los Angeles

Recruiting

Los Angeles, California, United States, 90027

Contacts

Abigail Padilla

3236602450abpadilla@chla.usc.edu

Principal Investigator:

Nina Lightdale, MD

More Information

Sponsor

Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Last update posted

Feb 12, 2025

Last verified

Feb, 2025

Keywords

  • Adaptive sports
  • Rock climbing
  • Congenital Upper Limb Differences
  • Improved psychosocial health

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-09. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Children's Hospital Los Angeles on 2025-02-12.