Immediate Effects of a Single Treadmill Gait Training Session With Additional Loading on Kinematic Gait Parameters in Children With Spastic Cerebral Palsy
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 20
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Changes in kinematic gait parameters after treadmill trainning with ankles loading
研究概览
简要总结
The purpose of this study is to observe the behavior of kinematic variables in children with spastic hemiparetic cerebral palsy (SHCP), immediately after treadmill gait training with ankle loading.
The children underwent a single treadmill training session with ankle loading. The kinematic parameters were assessed in three phases: before training (PRE); immediately after training (POST); and 5 minutes after the end of training (FOLLOW UP).
The investigators hypothesized that the treadmill gait training with additional lower limb loading would be a disturbance capable of modifying the locomotor strategy of children with SHCP, by the increase in kinematic parameters in the swing phase of gait.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Na
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 5 Years 至 13 Years（Child）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Spastic Hemiparetic Cerebral Palsy;
- •Being able to walk without an assistive device (levels I or II of the Gross Motor Function Classification System - GMFCS);
- •Not having undergone muscle lengthening surgery within the previous year;
- •Not having applied botulin toxin to the lower limbs or serial casting in the previous 6 months.
排除标准
- •Inability to understand simple commands to perform the training and evaluation;
- •Inability to walk on the treadmill with or without load on the lower limbs;
- •Presence of any physical pain or discomfort during the course of training.
结局指标
主要结局
Changes in kinematic gait parameters after treadmill trainning with ankles loading
时间窗: Immediately after training with ankles loading (POST phase)
Kinematic gait data were captured by Qualisys Track Manager 1.6.0.x - QTM software and exported to Visual3D processing software, to reconstruct the segments and create a biomechanical model. It was carried out in two stages: static and dynamic collection. The dynamic collection was performed while the children walked on the electric treadmill. The primary outcome measure was the following spatiotemporal variables at the POST phase: cadence (steps/min), stride length (m), paretic step length (m), stance time (%), swing time (%) paretic lower limb (PLL), double stance (%), symmetry ratio and stance/swing time ratio. With respect to angular variables, the following parameters was analysed: angular displacement (maximum flexion, maximum extension and range of motion) of the hip and knee were investigated (º).
次要结局
- Changes in kinematic gait parameters after five minutes of rest(After five minutes of rest (FOLLOW UP phase))
研究者
Ana Raquel Rodrigues Lindquist
PhD
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte