Effect of Delorme Resistance Exercises Versus Treadmill Training in Cerebral Palsy

Ghurki Trust and Teaching Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cerebral Palsy

Treatments: Other: traditional physical therapy; Other: Treadmill training; Other: Delorme resistance exercise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03755648

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Details and patient eligibility

About

Cerebral palsy is one of the most important source of disability among children and its incidence is almost 3.6 in thousand live births.Children with Cerebral Palsy presents with ambulatory difficulties.The current study highlights the effect of treadmill training as compared to DeLorme resistance exercises on locomotor activities in cerebral palsy child.The present study would add to the clinical knowledge of physical therapists by promoting the implementation of treadmill training and DeLorme resistance exercises for this prevalent pediatric neurodevelopmental disorder. The study would decrease the burden of disease among community and enhance the social participation of cerebral palsy children. This in turn would improve the quality of living of these disabling diseased children.

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 6 to 10 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Children with Gross Motor Functional Scale Level II and III
• Ability to understand commands and directions
• Diplegic type of cerebral palsy
• Children who had undergone bilateral Tendon of Achilles Lengthening procedure 3 to 6 months post-operatively

Exclusion criteria

• Children presenting with other types of Cerebral Palsy
• Children with audiovisual impairment that can hinder the treatment
• leg length discrepancy greater than 2 cm,
• Fixed contractures, joint instability and associated cardiovascular condition.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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50 participants in 3 patient groups

Treadmill training

Experimental group

Description:

Group A: received treadmill training along with traditional physiotherapy.. The motorized treadmill was used keeping treatment parameters as 50 Hertz, 10 Ampere and 220 Volts The treadmill training was provided by giving instructions first and then warm up was given for 5 minutes prior to the training. The children were upright with the feet flat on treadmill platform. The height of handrails was adjustable according to every child thus keeping their gaze forward. The training was ended at cool down period of 5 minutes

Treatment:

Other: Treadmill training

traditional physical therapy

Other group

Description:

Traditional therapy includes use of hot packs for 15 minutes and stretching for 20 minutes which will be applied to both groups prior to actual intervention

Treatment:

Other: traditional physical therapy

Delorme Resistance exercise

Experimental group

Description:

Group B received delorme resistance exercise with traditional physiotherapy. Delorme Resistance Training was also initiated with 5 minute warm up period. It was started with 10 Repetition Maximum and was gradually increased. The treatment session was thirty minutes for each group, six times a week for three months.

Treatment:

Other: Delorme resistance exercise