Effect of Platform Swing Walkway on Locomotor Behavior in Diplegic Children

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Vestibular Rehabilitation
• Interventions: Other: conventional physical therapy program; Other: gait training on platform swing walkway

• Registration Number: NCT04246658
• Lead Sponsor: hanaa mohsen

Brief Summary

Locomotor activity is accompanied by a number of sensory stimuli: visual, auditory, olfactory, vestibular, and somatosensory. When improving motor skills, incorporating postural reflexes, creating synchronized eye movements, and visual attention skills, the vestibular system is particularly important.

Detailed Description

Thirty diaplegic cerebral palsied children of both sexes, ranged in age from 3 to 6 years enrolled in this study. They randomly assigned into two groups of equal number; control group (A), study group (B). Group (A) groups received the conventional physical therapy program based on neurodevelopmental approach for such cases. Whereas study group (B) received the same conventional physical therapy program given to group (A) in addition to gait training on platform swing walkway for 30 minute. All children were assessed before and after the treatment program by using 2D video based gait assessment system to measure the percentage of swing and stance phase, also GMFM was used to assess standing and walking, running, and jumping abilities, domains (D) and (E).

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2019-09-01
• Study First Submitted: 2020-01-15
• Primary Completion: 2020-01-27
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-01-28
• Study First Posted: 2020-01-29
• Study Completion: 2020-01-31
• Status Verified: 2021-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-01-22
• Last Update Posted: 2021-01-26

Recruitment & Eligibility

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

Inclusion Criteria

• were cognitively competent
• able to understand and follow instructions.

Exclusion Criteria

• if they had fixed contractures
• deformities of the spine, upper or lower extremities,
• visual or respiratory disorders.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Treatment group	gait training on platform swing walkway	gait training on platform swing walkway for 30 minute.
Treatment group	conventional physical therapy program	gait training on platform swing walkway for 30 minute.
control group	conventional physical therapy program	conventional physical therapy program

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
2D, video based gait assessment system:	2D, video based gait assessment system asses the change in the stance in swing phase before and after three months of the intervention program .	Tracker Video Analysis and Modeling Tool
Growth Motor Function Measure Scale (GMFM).	pre intervension and after three months of the intervention to asses the improvent in standing and walking .the highest score indicate improvementg	Growth Motor Function Measure Scaleis the scale tat will assess the functional gross preinterventiona and after 3 months of the treatment program

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Badr Univesity in Cairo (BUC); 🇪🇬 Cairo, Egypt