Effect of Electrical Stimulation With Functional Task Training on Balance and Motor Abilities in Children With Diplegia

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Completed

• Conditions: Cerebral Palsy Spastic Diplegia
• Interventions: Other: functional task training; Device: functional electrical stimulation

• Registration Number: NCT06234215
• Lead Sponsor: Cairo University

Brief Summary

The aims of the study are to:

1. Investigate the combined effect of functional task training with electrical stimulation of bilateral hip abductor muscles on balance in children with diplegia.

2. Investigate the combined effect of functional task training with electrical stimulation of bilateral hip abductor muscles on motor abilities in children with diplegia.

Detailed Description

Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of permanent disorders of movement and posture. It is non-progressive lesion or abnormality of immature brain. The term cerebral refers to the brain and palsy refers to the loss or impairment of motor function.

Functional electrical stimulation (FES) is a subtype of neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) in which the stimulation assists functional and purposeful movements. This is achieved by applying electrical stimulation to muscles that, when they contract, produce a movement that can be used functionally.The FES is used to provide electrical stimulation via the peripheral nervous system to activate muscle contractions to assist functional activities when nervous or musculo-skeletal systems are damaged.The common applications of FES include strengthening muscle, reducing muscle spasticity, increasing range of motion, improving upper extremity function and walking speed.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2023-01-17
• Primary Completion: 2023-09-12
• Study Completion: 2023-11-25
• Status Verified: 2024-01
• Study First Submitted: 2024-01-05
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-01-29
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-01-29
• Study First Posted: 2024-01-31
• Last Update Posted: 2024-01-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

• Their ages will range from 7-11 years.
• Both genders will be included.
• Their degree of spasticity will range from 1 to 1+ according to Modified Ashworth Scale (Meseguer-Henarejos et al., 2018).
• Their motor function will be at level I & II according to Gross Motor Function --- -Classification system (Palisano et al., 2008).
• They will be understanding instructions.

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Exclusion Criteria

• Children will be excluded from the study if they have any of the following criteria:

Musculoskeletal fixed deformities in upper limb, lower limb or spine.

• Visual or hearing problems.
• Epilepsy.
• Botulinium toxin therapy or orthopedic surgery within the past 6months or within the study period.

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
control group had functional task training	functional task training	this group doing functional task training exercise for 50 min 3 times per week for two months
study group had functional task training combined with electrical stimulation	functional electrical stimulation	this group doing functional task training exercise combined with electrical stimulation for 50 min 3 times per week for two months
study group had functional task training combined with electrical stimulation	functional task training	this group doing functional task training exercise combined with electrical stimulation for 50 min 3 times per week for two months

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Humac balance system	two months	static and dynamic balance when values inscrease the results are better.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Growth motor functional scale	two months	measuring motor abilities standing and walking when values increase the results are better.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

‪Randa Adel‬; 🇪🇬 Ītāy Al Bārūd, El-beheira, Egypt