Walking Ability and Limit of Stability in Children With Spastic Cerebral Palsy

Recruiting

• Conditions: Gait, Spastic
• Interventions: Other: GAITRite gaitway system, Bertec Balance System

• Registration Number: NCT05583929
• Lead Sponsor: Muş Alparlan University

Brief Summary

Trunk control in children with spastic Cerebral Palsy (CP) is impaired. They have weaker trunk muscle strenght, and insufficient sitting/standing balance according to their developing peers. Since their weak trunk muscles and insufficient balance responses, they are not able to walk as functional similar to their peers. Additionaly limit of stability is worsen in children with CP. Investigation of the relationship between walking ability and limit of stability when seated position is important to understand which child is acceptable for training of walk. However we did not found any study to explain it. Therefore the aim of this study is to investigate walking ability and limit of stability in children with spastic CP, and to compare their developing peers.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2022-10-07
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-10-13
• Study First Posted: 2022-10-18
• Status Verified: 2022-11
• Study Start: 2022-11-29
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-11-29
• Last Update Posted: 2022-12-02
• Primary Completion: 2023-06-01
• Study Completion: 2024-06-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 20

Inclusion Criteria

• spastic serebral palsy, between the ages 6-15 years, between the I-IV. levels of GMFCS, be able to understand command given by physical therapist

Exclusion Criteria

• undergone botulinum toxin A to upper and/or lower extremities, undergone any surgery to their extremities, be at the V. levels of GMFCS

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Spastic Cerebral Palsy	GAITRite gaitway system, Bertec Balance System	Children with spastic cerebral palsy
Healthy Developing Peers	GAITRite gaitway system, Bertec Balance System	Children with healthy developing peers

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Gait parameters (stride length in cm, step width in cm, time in swing phase in second, time in stance phase in second)	20 minutes	Gait parameters will be assessed by GAITRite walking way system.
Limit of stability when sitting and standing position in cm	20 minutes	Limit of stability will be evaluated by BERTEC balance system.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Hacettepe University; 🇹🇷 Altındağ, Ankara, Turkey