Combined Cognitive and Functional Strength Training in Children With cp

Cairo University (CU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Diplegic Cerebral Palsy

Treatments: Other: functional strength training; Other: cognitive training; Other: conventional physical therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05348135

No:P.T.REC/012/003398

Details and patient eligibility

About

Cerebral palsy is primarily a disorder of movement and posture however; it often involves disorder of different aspects of cognitive function.

Full description

This study evaluated the effect of FST and cognitive intervention and their combined effect on motor and cognitive functions in children with spastic diplegia. A convenient sample of spastic diplegic CP children, with their age ranging from 8 to 12 years were assigned randomly into four treatment groups

Enrollment: 64 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 8 to 12 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• chronological age ranged from 8 to 12 years,
• spasticity grade in affected lower limbs ranged between 1 + and 2 according to MAS
• can follow instructions given to them,
• their intelligence level ranged from 65 to 80 according to Stanford Binet intelligence scale, - -- their motor function ranged between Level II & III according to Gross Motor Functional Classification System Expanded and Revised (GMFCS E&R).

Exclusion criteria

• children who had visual or auditory problems
• children who took any medicine affecting alertness
• fixed deformities in the joints of upper & lower limbs
• any orthopedic surgery in lower limbs within 6 months before study
• epileptic children.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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64 participants in 4 patient groups, including a placebo group

Functional strength training

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: functional strength training

Cognitive training

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: cognitive training

Combined treatment

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: functional strength training

Other: cognitive training

Conventional physical therapy

Placebo Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: conventional physical therapy