Effect of Vojta or Reflex locomotion therapy on the gross motor function of children with cerebral palsy
- Conditions
- G80Cerebral palsy
- Registration Number
- DRKS00014775
- Lead Sponsor
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Murcia, Spain. V. de la Arrixaca University Hospital, Department of Traumatology, Murcia, Spain.
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting stopped after recruiting started
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 21
Male and female between zero and 18 months of age with neurological findings consistent with neuromotor disorders were recruited when the family inquired Reflex Locomotion therapy in different physiotherapy clinics in Spain, Germany and London (United Kingdom). The diagnosis of cerebral palsy can not be always confirmed within such an early stage, and neuromuscular disorders or other conditions that could affect motor performance need to be ruled out; therefore, the data of the children were included retrospectively on a later stage when the diagnosis was confirmed. In addition, participants’ parents or guardians gave informed consent. The previous therapeutic trajectory was not considered within the exclusion criteria for two reasons: their effect would be already included within the speed of motor development before RL, and also because all the children were controlled with themselves.
Data of the children are excluded if they introduced another therapy input or they dropped any of the previous ones during the two months of RL intervention (pharmacological, surgical or rehabilitative). For ethical reasons, this was not specified to the families who agreed to join the trial, in order not to influence their future therapeutic decisions.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Outcome Name: Gross motor function<br>Method of measuremente: Gross Motor Funcion Measure (GMFM). <br>Timepoint: after 2 months of treatment
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Outcome Name: Therapy Dossagement<br>Method of measuremente: Times/day<br>Timepoint: after 2 months of treatment