Scooter Board Activities in Diplegic Cerebral Palsy

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Diplegia
• Interventions: Other: Physical therapy program; Other: scooter board activities

• Registration Number: NCT05609422
• Lead Sponsor: Badr University

Brief Summary

Children with CP may have muscle weakness, changes in mobility, posture, muscle tone, motor coordination and deficits in postural control. These changes, individually or collectively, affect psychomotor function. As a result, activities that are performed quickly and readily by healthy children may be difficult and time-consuming for children with CP.

Detailed Description

Similar vestibular stimulation can be provided with ascooter-board which requires more active participation on the part of the child. A scooter-board is simply a wooden board mounted on four castors so that it can roll freely and spin in any direction, it should be big enough to support the middle part of the body while the head, upper chest and legs hang off the ends.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2022-11-02
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-11-02
• Study First Posted: 2022-11-08
• Study Start: 2022-11-11
• Primary Completion: 2023-03-12
• Status Verified: 2023-04
• Study Completion: 2023-04-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-04-08
• Last Update Posted: 2023-04-11

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

1. CP with a diplegia
2. Age 7 to 11 years
3. Grade 1and 2 according to the Modified Ashworth scale (RW and Smith, 1987).
4. They could walk with limitation or holding on according to GMFCS (level I&II &III) (Palisano et al., 1997).
5. They were able to understand and follow verbal instructions

Exclusion Criteria

1. Children with any surgical interference in the upper limb.
2. intellectual disability such that simple tasks could not be understood or executed.
3. Children with any visual or auditory problems.
4. Children with any surgical interference in the lower limb.
5. Children with any structural deformities in joints and bones of lower limbs.
6. Children who suffer from other diseases or associated disorders that interfered with physical activity.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
control group	Physical therapy program	Received the designed physical therapy program.
study group	scooter board activities	Received a designed physical therapy program in addition to scooter bord activities.
study group	Physical therapy program	Received a designed physical therapy program in addition to scooter bord activities.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Trunk control measurement scale (TCMS)	3 months	TCMS measures trunk control in two basic components: static and dynamic sitting balance. Balance is assessed during flexion, extension, lateral flexion, and rotation movements as selective movements of dynamic sitting. Total score ranges between 0 and 58, and higher scores indicate better control
2D video-based gait assessment system	3 months	2D video-based gait assessment system to measure lateral trunk sway at SLS from frontal view

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Badr University; 🇪🇬 Badr, Cairo, Egypt