Effect of FES of Back Muscles on Spinal Posture and Gait in Hemiplegia

Beni-Suef University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Stroke

Treatments: Other: kinesotaping; Other: functional electrical stimulation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05473390

on posture & Balance

Details and patient eligibility

About

Hemiplegic patient have unbalanced posture because paralysis leads to muscle atrophy, which then causes an unbalanced alignment in the structure of spinal joints. Evaluation and therapy of postural alignment are important as early predictable factors in the overall daily function of stroke patients

Full description

To evaluate whether the application of FES of the back muscles in hemiplegic affect spinal posture and/or gait

Enrollment: 40 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 1 to 10 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 20 children with c.p. hemiplegia
• moving and performing daily activities independently
• no problems in terms of verbal communication
• no physical and cognitive restrictions.

Exclusion criteria

• Having cognitive impairment as tested by the Mini-Mental State Examination (with scores < 24)
• Uncontrolled hypertension (systolic blood pressure > 160 mmHg)
• Joint replacement
• Incontinence

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

study group

Active Comparator group

Description:

20 patient with hemiplegia

Treatment:

Other: kinesotaping

Other: functional electrical stimulation

control group

Active Comparator group

Description:

20 patient with hemiplegia

Treatment:

Other: functional electrical stimulation