Chewing Disorders, Gross Motor Function and Trunk Control in Cerebral Palsy

Completed

• Conditions: Cerebral Palsy
• Interventions: Other: Chewing evaluation

• Registration Number: NCT03241160
• Lead Sponsor: Hacettepe University

Brief Summary

The study is planned to determine the relationship between chewing performance level and gross motor function, and trunk postural control in cerebral palsy (CP).

Detailed Description

The study is planned to determine the relationship between chewing performance level and gross motor function, and trunk postural control in cerebral palsy (CP). Chewing performance level will be determined by the chewing performance scale. The Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) will be used to determine gross motor function levels. Segmental Assessment of Trunk Control (SATCo) will be used to measure trunk control. The correlations between chewing performance level and gross motor function, and trunk postural control will be assessed. The Chi-square test will also be used to compare GMFCS levels and trunk control in children with and without chewing disorders.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2017-08-02
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-08-02
• Study Start: 2017-08-05
• Study First Posted: 2017-08-07
• Status Verified: 2017-09
• Primary Completion: 2017-09-08
• Study Completion: 2017-09-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-09-08
• Last Update Posted: 2017-09-11

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 119

Inclusion Criteria

• Having a diagnosis of cerebral palsy
• Referring by a pediatric neurologist
• Aging between 2 to 12 years

Exclusion Criteria

• Aging under the age of 24 months
• Using any medicine and/or oral appliances that could affect the chewing performance

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Children with cerebral palsy	Chewing evaluation	Children with a diagnosis of spastic cerebral palsy aged between 2 to 12 years who will be referred by pediatric neurologists will be included. Children under the age of 24 months, and used any medicine and/or oral appliances that could affect the chewing performance, will be excluded. Chewing evaluation will be performed.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Chewing evaluation	15 days	Chewing evaluation will be determined by a scale that classifies chewing function on an ordinal scale with five levels between 0 and 4 based on the sequence of functional movements during chewing.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Gross motor function evaluation	15 days	Gross motor function evaluation will be performed according to the Gross Motor Function Classification System.
Trunk control evaluation	15 days	Segmental Assessment of Trunk Control (SATCo) will be performed.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Hacetttepe University; 🇹🇷 Ankara, Turkey