Performance of the spastic calf when waking on sloped surface

Not Applicable

• Conditions: G80.1; Spastic diplegic cerebral palsy

• Registration Number: DRKS00008726
• Lead Sponsor: Behandlungszentrum Aschau GmbH nonprofit Organisation

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-06-18
• Study Completion: 2015-08-31
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 32

Inclusion Criteria

Inclusion Criteria for CP children:
1) spastic Cerebral Palsy;
2) age: 6-16 years;
3) Gross Motor Function Classification System I-II (~free ambulators without assistive device);
4) compliance with treadmill walking.

Inclusion Criteria for controls:

1) age: 6-16 years;
2) compliance with treadmill walking.

Exclusion Criteria

Exclusion criteria for CP:
1) Inability to follow verbal instructions;
2) Botulinum Toxin injections < 6 months;
3) soft-tissue surgery to the lower leg;
4) any orthopaedic surgery < 12 months.

Exclusion criteria for healthy controls:
1) orthopaedic or neurogenic abnormalities;
2) trauma to the lower extremity < 12 months;
3) orthopaedic surgery to the lower extremity.

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Primary Outcomes are: 1) Fascicle length of the M. Gastrocnemius med. (Ultrasound); 2) Fascicle shortening and lengthening velocities (Ultrasound); 3) electrophysiological muscle activity / Co-Contraction (EMG). 4) Joint kinematics at the ankle and knee (3D Motion capturing)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Secondary outcomes are: 1) passive RoM (Range of Motion) at the knee and ankle; 2) isometric plantarflexor force (hand-held dynamometry).