Balance Control in Children With Cerebral Palsy
- Conditions
- Cerebral Palsy
- Interventions
- Procedure: Sensory Integration TestingProcedure: SR stimulation & Sensory integration testing
- Registration Number
- NCT02456376
- Lead Sponsor
- Temple University
- Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to investigate how sensory information processing affects balance ability in children with cerebral palsy (CP). An additional goal is to determine if a subsensory electrical stimulation called Stochastic Resonance (SR) Stimulation, can improve balance in children with CP. Children with CP and children with typical development will participate and complete a series of clinical and balance assessments. They will also be tested in a sensor fusion paradigm to investigate potential deficits in the dynamic integration of visual, vestibular and proprioceptive information during upright stance. SR stimulation will then be used to potentially improve these deficits and subsequently their balance ability.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- UNKNOWN
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 20
- Diagnosis of spastic diplegia CP (GMFCS I- III)*
- Ability to stand independently for approximately 2 min
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Lower extremity surgery or fractures in the year prior testing
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Joint instability or dislocation in the lower extremities
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Botulinum toxin injections in the lower extremities within the past 6 months*
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Marked visual or hearing deficits
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Uncontrolled seizure disorder
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Implanted medical device that may be contraindicated with application of SR stimulation
- Asterisk indicates the eligibility criteria that should be met only by children with CP
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Children with Cerebral palsy Sensory Integration Testing 1. Sensory integration testing 2. SR stimulation and Sensory integration testing Children with Typical Development Sensory Integration Testing 1. Sensory integration testing 2. SR stimulation and Sensory integration testing Children with Cerebral palsy SR stimulation & Sensory integration testing 1. Sensory integration testing 2. SR stimulation and Sensory integration testing Children with Typical Development SR stimulation & Sensory integration testing 1. Sensory integration testing 2. SR stimulation and Sensory integration testing
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Gain response 1 day For both the sensory reweighting testing, the visual signal will be displayed as a visual flow with translation in anterior-posterior (AP) direction (i.e., sagittal plane) and presented at different amplitudes (0.25 and 0.5 cm) at 0.2 Hz to measure: the change in gain (weighting) to vision (intramodal effect); and a change in gain to vibration and galvanic stimulation (intermodal effects). Gain for each modality relative to both the leg segment AP translation and trunk segment AP translation will be measured.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Gain response 1 day For the sensory reweighting with the addition of SR stimulation testing, the visual signal will be displayed as a visual flow with translation in anterior-posterior (AP) direction (i.e., sagittal plane) and presented at different amplitudes (0.25 and 0.5 cm) at 0.2 Hz to measure: the change in gain (weighting) to vision (intramodal effect); and a change in gain to vibration and galvanic stimulation (intermodal effects). Gain for each modality relative to both the leg segment AP translation and trunk segment AP translation will be measured.
Trial Locations
- Locations (2)
Temple University
🇺🇸Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Shriners Hospital for Children
🇺🇸Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States