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Clinical Trials/NL-OMON55409
NL-OMON55409
Recruiting
Phase 4

Functional electrical stimulation of the ankle dorsiflexors during walking in children with unilateral spastic cerebral palsy: a randomized crossover intervention study. - Functional electrical stimulation during walking in cerebral palsy

Medisch Universitair Ziekenhuis Maastricht0 sites25 target enrollmentTBD

Overview

Phase
Phase 4
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
infantile encephalopathy
Sponsor
Medisch Universitair Ziekenhuis Maastricht
Enrollment
25
Status
Recruiting
Last Updated
2 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
TBD
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
2 years ago
Study Type
Interventional

Investigators

Sponsor
Medisch Universitair Ziekenhuis Maastricht

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • \- Unilateral foot drop of central origin, particularly the absence of initial
  • heel contact
  • \- Participants are currently treated with ankle\-foot orthoses or (adapted)
  • shoes to wear on a daily basis
  • \- Participants ambulate independently, and thus classified as Gross Motor
  • Function Classification System (GMFCS) levels I or II and have a gait type 1
  • according to Winters et al (4\).
  • \- Participants are able to walk for at least 15 minutes
  • \- Confirmed cerebral abnormality with MRI (showing medial infarction,
  • maldevelopment of the brain, or porencephaly).

Exclusion Criteria

  • \- Plantarflexion ankle contracture of more than 5 degrees plantarflexion with
  • the knee extended
  • \- Botulinum toxin A injection to the plantar or dorsiflexor muscle groups
  • within the 6 months before the study
  • \- Orthopaedic surgery to the legs in the previous year
  • \- Uncontrolled epilepsy with daily seizures

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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