Cross-Training and Locomotor Abilities in Cerebral Palsy

Cairo University (CU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cerebral Palsy (CP); Spastic Hemiparesis

Treatments: Other: Designed rehabilitation program; Other: Physical Therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06750081

P.T.REC/012/004588

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose was to investigate the effect of cross-training as a method of unilateral motor priming on locomotor abilities in children with spastic unilateral cerebral palsy.

Full description

Thirty children with spastic unilateral cerebral palsy were recruited from different rehabilitation centers. They were assigned randomly into two groups. Children in the control group (A) were engaged in a selected physical therapy program while those in the experimental group (B) received cross-training program followed by application of the same selected physical therapy program received by group (A). The treatment programs were conducted five times per week for six successive weeks. Measurements obtained included active ankle dorsiflexion range of motion (AROM), and the speed of walking obtained by 10-meter walking test. These measures were recorded two times: pre- and post-treatment.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 6 to 8 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Spasticity grade 1 to 1+, according to the Modified Ashworth Scale.
• Can stand and walk autonomously.
• Able to follow verbal commands and instructions.

Exclusion criteria

• Fixed musculoskeletal deformities
• significant cognitive disorders
• significant perceptual disorders
• significant auditory disorders
• significant visual disorders

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

Experimental

Experimental group

Description:

receive an experimental intervention

Treatment:

Other: Designed rehabilitation program

Control

Active Comparator group

Description:

another therapy used to treat the same condition

Treatment:

Other: Physical Therapy