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Healing effects of Yoga on walking performance and capacity, balance, leg strength, and flexibility in walking children with cerebral palsy

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Conditions
Health Condition 1: G809- Cerebral palsy, unspecifiedHealth Condition 2: G830- Diplegia of upper limbsHealth Condition 3: G819- Hemiplegia, unspecifiedHealth Condition 4: G831- Monoplegia of lower limbHealth Condition 5: G832- Monoplegia of upper limbHealth Condition 6: G833- Monoplegia, unspecifiedHealth Condition 7: G801- Spastic diplegic cerebral palsyHealth Condition 8: G811- Spastic hemiplegiaHealth Condition 9: G802- Spastic hemiplegic cerebral palsy
Registration Number
CTRI/2023/02/049429
Lead Sponsor
MGM School of Physiotherapy MGM Institute of Health Sciences
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ot Yet Recruiting
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
0
Inclusion Criteria

1.Fifteen ambulatory children diagnosed with cerebral palsy according to ICD-10 G.80 Spastic diplegic cerebral palsy G.80.1 Spastic hemiplegic cerebral palsy G.80.2 Cerebral palsy unspecified G.80.9 Spastic hemiplegia G.81.1 Hemiplegia unspecified G.81.9 Diplegia of upper limbs Diplegia upper Paralysis of both upper limbs G83.0

Monoplegia of lower limb Paralysis of lower limb G83.1 Monoplegia of upper limb Paralysis of upper limb G83.2 Monoplegia unspecified G83.3

2. Age group 6 to 18 years of age.

3. Children with GMFCS Level I and II

4. Patients able to follow verbal commands.

5. Control group: Fifteen ambulatory children with cerebral palsy ICD-10 G.80 in the age group 6 years to 18 years not involved in any physical recreational or sports activity

Exclusion Criteria

1.Acute musculoskeletal injury soft tissue in the past 3 months.

2. Any fracture or other traumatic injury in the past 6 months

3. Any bony or soft tissue surgery in the past 12 months.

4. Botulinum injection in the past 6 months

5. Children with visual and auditory disabilities.

6. Children with spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy spastic tetraplegic cerebral palsy G80.0 Dyskinetic cerebral palsy Athetoid cerebral palsy Dystonic cerebral palsy G80. 3 Ataxic cerebral palsy G80. 4 Other cerebral palsy Mixed cerebral palsy syndrome G80.8 Flaccid hemiplegia G81.0 Flaccid paraplegia G82.0 Flaccid tetraplegia G82.3 Spastic tetraplegia G82.4 Tetraplegia unspecified Quadriplegia NOS G82.5 Cauda equina syndrome Neurogenic bladder due to cauda equina syndrome G83.4 Excl cord bladder NOS G95.8 Other specified paralytic syndromes Todd paralysis postepileptic G83.8 Paralytic syndrome unspecified G83.9

7. Patients with a history of lower limb fractures less than 1-year-old

8. Mental and Behavioral disorders F00-F99

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Gait using Movement analysis profile Kinematics and kinetics of gait in terms of joint angles moments forces the center of pressure trajectory and maximum amplitude of muscle activity will be the primary outcome measures.Timepoint: Baseline 12 weeks
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
1. Walking capacity using the 6-Minute Walk Test <br/ ><br>2. Balance using the Pediatric Balance Scale <br/ ><br>3. Strength of lower extremity using Power track handheld dynamometer <br/ ><br>4. Flexibility of lower extremity using goniometer measurementsTimepoint: Baseline 12 weeks
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