Contralateral Isokinetic Training on Strength and Reaching Skill

Delta University for Science and Technology

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy

Treatments: Other: Isokinetic training; Other: Physical therapy exercises

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05718388

contralateral isokinetic

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study aimed to ascertain how cross-education affected the activity of the paretic muscles in the upper limb and how that affected function in children with spastic hemiplegia and cerebral palsy. Additionally, it sought to determine how unilateral isokinetic resistance training affected children with spastic hemiplegia of the contralateral limb in terms of strength development.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 5 to 7 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• hemiplegic CP children from both genders with age ranged from five to seven year
• had mild to moderate spasticity according to the Modified Ashworth Scale
• able to follow verbal instructions
• able to stand unassisted and ambulate with abnormal pattern

Exclusion criteria

• children who had any visual or auditory problems, fixed deformities in upper limb that interfere with fine motor functions, with history of any surgical interference in upper limbs for less than one year, and un-cooperative children were excluded.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

Control group (A)

Other group

Description:

They received a physiotherapy program

Treatment:

Other: Physical therapy exercises

study Group (B)

Experimental group

Description:

They received the same program given to control group (A) in addition to isokinetic resistance training of the less affected upper limb for shoulder abductors in concentric mode at the angular velocity of 180 degree/ second

Treatment:

Other: Isokinetic training