The surface EMG activity during the gait cycle on ground land and in water of people with spastic cerebral palsy.
- Conditions
- Cerebral palsy, Spastic Diplegia, Spastic Diplegic Cerebral palsy.Electromyography, surface EMG, walking in water, EMG in water, muscle activity.
- Registration Number
- TCTR20210813002
- Lead Sponsor
- Graduate School Khon Kaen University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 12
1.Cerebral palsy group
1.1 Children or adolescents who were diagnosed of diplegic spastic cerebral palsy, age between 8-18 years old.
1.2 GMFCS level I and II
1.3 Ability to independent sit to standing without supporting devices
1.4 Ability to follow commands and instructor
2.Typical individual group
Healthy children or adolescents without neurological pathologies, age between 8-18 years old.
1. Received musculoskeletal surgery within 6 mounts.
2. Received a botulinum toxin treatment within 6 mounts.
3. Musculoskeletal disease, cardiovascular disease, cardiopulmonary disease, or infected skin disease.
4.Sensitive to chlorine or other pool chemicals
5. Mentally impaired to the point of the inability to be safe in water
4.Bladder or bowel incontinence
6.In cooperation and poor communication
7. Usually clinical instability; dizziness, dyspnea, faint, sign of vertigo.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method iEMG between on ground land and in water Surface EMG
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Functional ambulatory mobility, dynamic balance Before EMG evaluation. Timed up and go test,Lower limb functional strength Before EMG evaluation. Five-times-sit-to-stand test (FTSST),Muscle tone Before EMG evaluation. Modified ashworth scale (MAS)