Effect of Whole Body Vibration With Weighted Vest on Motor Function in Children With Spastic Diplegia

Cairo University (CU)

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Cerebral Palsy

Treatments: Other: physical therapy program; Other: whole body vibration (with weight vest); Other: whole body vibration (without extra weight vest)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05606926

whole body vibration

Details and patient eligibility

About

Whole body vibration has been widely used in rehabilitation of individuals with disabilities as well as children with cerebral palsy. Previous studies have demonstrated the efficacy of Whole body vibration on balance, gross motor function, spasticity and bone density in children with cerebral palsy. However, adding extra weight during Whole body vibration for children with cerebral palsy as a means of enhancing the potential effects of Whole body vibration is unknown. Therefore, the aim of this study is to examine the effect of Whole body vibration with weighted vest on trunk control, balance and gross motor function in children with spastic diplegia.

Enrollment: 30 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 8 to 12 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Their age will range from 8-12 years, from both sexes.
• Level II and III of gross motor functional classification system
• Grade 1 and 1+ spasticity according to the Modified Ashworth Scale
• Ability to understand and follow simple verbal instruc

Exclusion criteria

• Uncontrolled epilepsy.
• Mental retardation or autistic features.
• Medication changes that could affect muscle strength or tone
• Significant visual or auditory problems according to medical reports (audio-vestibular and ophthalmic examination),
• Structural or fixed soft tissue deformities of the lower and/or upper extremities.
• Neurological or orthopedic surgery in the past 12 months in the lower and/or upper extremities.
• Botox injection in the lower and/or upper extremities in the past 6 months.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

Group I

Other group

Description:

15 Children with spastic diplegia in this group will a designed physical therapy program for 60 minutes per session in addition to WBV for 10 minutes, three times a week, for three consecutive months.

Treatment:

Other: physical therapy program

Other: whole body vibration (without extra weight vest)

Experimental group

Experimental group

Description:

15 Children with spastic diplegia in this group will receive the same designed physical therapy program while WBV will be conducted while wearing a weighted vest.

Treatment:

Other: whole body vibration (with weight vest)

Other: physical therapy program