Validity of the Kinematic Classification of Gait in Diplegic Children With Cerebral Palsy (CP)
- Conditions
- Cerebral PalsyDiplegia, Spastic
- Interventions
- Other: classification of gait in diplegic children with CP
- Registration Number
- NCT01158833
- Lead Sponsor
- University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
- Brief Summary
In recent years Ferrari et al. proposed a new classification of gait in diplegic children with spastic diplegia that describes four different patterns of gait by analyzing the strategies that each children adopts to need his/her needs to walk. The investigators believe that this classification provides the clinician with clinically meaningful information in terms of coping strategies adopted to maximize the ability to walk.
The aim of this study is to determine the criterion validity of the new classification of the pattern of gait in children with spastic diplegia by correlating pattern of diplegic gait with the score of the Functional performance measure.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 86
- diplegia and CP;
- severe mental retardation attested by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of mental disorders IV
- pharmaco-resistant epilepsy
- behavioural disorders
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description spastic diplegia due to Cerebral Palsy classification of gait in diplegic children with CP -
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Functional Mobility Scale (FMS) at the age of 12 to 17 years correlation between the new classification of diplegic gait and the FMS which classifies the functional mobility in children
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova
🇮🇹Reggio Emilia, RE, Italy