Acute Effects of a Passive Stretching Session on the Mechanical Properties of Medial Gastrocnemius Muscle in Children With Cerebral Palsy
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 13
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- slope of the torque curve force-ankle joint angle in the joint area -25° plantar flexion/maximum dorsal flexion
研究概览
简要总结
Children with cerebral palsy present early in the childhood altered muscular properties, as soon as structural or stiffness. In the gastrocnemius muscle, altered muscular properties are characterized by short muscle belly length and increased stiffness which contribute to contracture and limiting joint range of motion. This study assess efficacy of an acute high intensity and long-time stretching session of plantarflexors muscle on their viscoelasticity properties and maximal dorsiflexion angle gain. Single stretching session is characterized by high intensity and long time (5 minutes).
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Na
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Other
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 6 Years 至 14 Years（Child）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Children with cerebral palsy of the spastic type
- •Children with a maximum dorsal ankle flexion amplitude limitation of less than 10°.
排除标准
- •Children who have undergone surgery on the lower limbs.
- •Children with a botulinum toxin injection and/or a series of elongation casts for less than three months.
- •Children with ongoing analgesic treatment
研究组 & 干预措施
Children with cerebral palsy of the spastic type
干预措施: measurement evaluated with an isokinetic dynamometer (Other)
Children with cerebral palsy of the spastic type
干预措施: measurement evaluated with an 2D ultrasound (Other)
Children with cerebral palsy of the spastic type
干预措施: assessment of the level of discomfort (Other)
结局指标
主要结局
slope of the torque curve force-ankle joint angle in the joint area -25° plantar flexion/maximum dorsal flexion
时间窗: baseline
次要结局
- Maximum dorsal flexion angle of ankle, knee in maximum extension position(at 5 minutes)
- slope of the force-displacement torque curve myotendinous junction of the Sural Triceps in the articular sector -25° plantar flexion/maximum dorsal flexion(at 5 minutes)
- lengths of the musculotendinous unit of the Triceps Sural muscle, the muscular body of the gastrocnemius muscle and the Achilles tendon in cm measured at rest, knee in maximum extension position, ankle angle in neutral plantar/dorsal flexion position.(at 5 minutes)
- visual analogue scale of discomfort(at 5 minutes)