Efficacy of Cold Therapy and Passive Stretching to Improve Gait in Spastic Diplegic Cerebral Palsy Childre
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- measure spasticity step length,stride length,gait parameters,timed up and functional activity before and after.Children,Cold therapy,Diplegic Cerebral palsy,Spasticity,Gait,Passive stretching
- Registration Number
- TCTR20190808001
- Lead Sponsor
- Research Scholar, Department of Rehabilitation Science, Holy Cross College, India
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 40
Inclusion Criteria
Children with Spastic Diplegic cerebral palsy, Age between 4-12 years, both male and female were included for the study with Ashworth Spasticity grading from 1 to 3
Exclusion Criteria
Children underwent orthopedic surgery, injection of botulinum toxin, no oral pills or intratheceal myo-relaxing drugs; have no severe limits in the passive range of motion at lower extremities, no mental retardation. When diagnosed with ataxia, dystonia, children with CP were excluded. Present history of seizures and participation in other therapeutic programs except for physical therapy
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method gait parameters 45 minutes, 3 times a week for 6 weeks of duration Step length,Stride length,Cadence, Timed up and go test
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method /A N/A N/A