Acute Effects of a Passive Stretching Session on the Mechanical Properties of Medial Gastrocnemius Muscle in Children With Cerebral Palsy

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne

Status

Completed

Conditions

Cerebral Palsy

Treatments

Other: measurement evaluated with an 2D ultrasound

Other: assessment of the level of discomfort

Other: measurement evaluated with an isokinetic dynamometer

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT03714269

ANSM (Other Identifier)

18CH121

Details and patient eligibility

About

Children with cerebral palsy present early in the childhood altered muscular properties, as soon as structural or stiffness. In the gastrocnemius muscle, altered muscular properties are characterized by short muscle belly length and increased stiffness which contribute to contracture and limiting joint range of motion. This study assess efficacy of an acute high intensity and long-time stretching session of plantarflexors muscle on their viscoelasticity properties and maximal dorsiflexion angle gain. Single stretching session is characterized by high intensity and long time (5 minutes).

Enrollment

13 patients

Sex

All

Ages

6 to 14 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Children with cerebral palsy of the spastic type
Children with a maximum dorsal ankle flexion amplitude limitation of less than 10°.

Exclusion criteria

Children who have undergone surgery on the lower limbs.
Children with a botulinum toxin injection and/or a series of elongation casts for less than three months.
Children with ongoing analgesic treatment