Efficacy of Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation and Interrupted Serial Casting in Children With Spastic Diplegic Cerebral Palsy
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Spastic Diplegic Cerebral Palsy
- Sponsor
- Cairo University
- Enrollment
- 60
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Change of knee and ankle passive range of motion (ROM)
- Last Updated
- 3 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
Combining the advantages of both Neuromuscular electrical stimulation and lower limb serial casting to a selected physical therapy program in children with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy to overcome the adverse effects during the period of casting and the long period of rehabilitative interventions, providing a new multimodal treatment approach.
Investigators
Yasser Mamdouh Abd Elmonem Mohamed
Principal investigator
Cairo University
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •The children will have grade 2 or 3 on Modified Ashworth Scale.
- •The children will have Level II, or III according to the Gross Motor Function Classification System.
- •The children walk with equinus or jump gait patterns with spasticity of the hamstrings and hip flexors in addition to calf muscles spasticity.
- •Children take their Antispastic drug use such as baclofen, diazepam or tizanidine.
- •All children will be able to follow instructions.
Exclusion Criteria
- •children will be excluded from the study if they have any problems of the following:
- •Cognitive dysfunction.
- •Poor skin integrity.
- •History of or recent nonunion fracture.
- •Fixed contractures and deformities.
- •Previous surgery (tendon lengthening).
- •Received Botulinum toxin A injections in the last six months.
- •Impaired circulation.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Change of knee and ankle passive range of motion (ROM)
Time Frame: At the beginning and after six weeks of intervention
Digital Goniometer will be used to measure the passive ROM of ankle dorsiflexion and the popliteal angle (PA)
Change of strength of knee extensors and ankle dorsiflexors muscles
Time Frame: At the beginning and after six weeks of intervention
Hand-held dynamometers (HHDs) " Lafayette manual muscle tester" (MMT) Will be used for quantitative assessment of maximal voluntary isometric contraction for knee extensors, and ankle dorsiflexors.
Change of tone of hamstring and gastrocnemius muscles
Time Frame: At the beginning and after six weeks of intervention
The Modified Tardieu Scale (MTS) will be used for analysis of dynamic spasticity of gastrocnemius and hamstring muscles. Measuring R1 (the fast velocity movement of the ankle or knee through the full ROM to determine the point of catch in the ROM), R2 (the passive ROM), and R2-R1 (dynamic component of spasticity).
Secondary Outcomes
- Change in sagittal kinematics parameters of gait pattern(At the beginning and after six weeks of intervention)