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. 2024 Mar 7;12:102649. doi: 10.1016/j.mex.2024.102649

Table 6.

Timeline of Outcome Assessment.

1. Baseline Phase 4 - weeks 6 - weeks 8 - weeks
Outcome measures Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8
Head Control Scale (HCS)
Segmental Assessment of Trunk Control (SATCo)
Parameters Obtained from the device
Sustenance time of head lift (sec/min)
Degree of cervical movement (°)
Parameters obtained from the video
No. of attempts to lift the head (N =)
Successful attempts of head lifts (N =)
Total duration of cap worn by participants (sec/min)
Global Perceived Effect (GPE) Scale Week 3
2. Intervention Phase: (16-weeks of intervention after Baseline Phase)
Outcome Measures Post Baseline
Day 14 Day 28 Day 42 Day 56 Day 70 Day 84 Day 98 Day 112
Head Control Scale (HCS)
Segmental Assessment of Trunk Control (SATCo)
Sustenance time of head lift (sec/min)
Degree of cervical movement (°)
No. of attempts to lift the head (N =)
Successful attempts of head lifts (N =)
Total duration of cap worn by participants (sec/min)
Global Perceived Effect (GPE) Scale At Mid-Intervention Phase (Post-Baseline Phase) Day 63
3. Follow-up Phase:
Outcome Measures 3rd week Post-intervention 6th week Post-intervention 9th week Post-intervention
Head Control Scale (HCS)
Segmental Assessment of Trunk Control (SATCo)
Sustenance time of head lift (sec/min)
Degree of cervical movement (°)
No. of attempts to lift the head (N =)
Successful attempts of head lifts (N =)
Total duration of cap worn by participants (sec/min)
Global Perceived Effect (GPE) Scale At the end of follow-up phase 9th week post intervention
Pre and Post Score of Gross Motor Function Measure-66 (GMFM-66):
Outcome measures Pre-Score (After recruitment) Immediately after intervention Post-Score (After follow-up phase)
i. GMFM – 66