Effects of Intensive Chiropractic Care to Usual Care for Children With Cerebral Palsy.

Riphah International University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cerebral Palsy

Treatments: Other: Chiropractic Care; Other: Sham intervention; Other: Physical therapy intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05315102

REC/01285 Imran Amjad

Details and patient eligibility

About

To determine the effects of chiropractic care on spasticity, functional outcomes and quality of life in spastic cerebral Palsy children.

Enrollment: 39 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 2 to 15 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Participants will be recruited into the study according to the following criteria.

• Both gender (Male and Female).
• Age between 2 to 15 years.
• Spastic Cerebral Palsy children.

Exclusion criteria

Participants will be excluded from the study according to the following criteria.

• Cerebral Palsy children due to Traumatic Brain Injury.
• Patients having cognitive impairments.
• Patients having associated Neurological Pathologies.
• Patients who are unable to follow treatment plan.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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39 participants in 2 patient groups

Experimental group

Experimental group

Description:

A registered chiropractor will assess the entire spine, and both sacroiliac joints will be assessed for vertebral subluxation by a registered chiropractor. The clinical indicators that will be used to assess the function of the spine before spinal adjustment intervention include assessing for joint tenderness to palpation manually palpating for a restricted intersegmental range of motion, assessing for palpable asymmetric intervertebral muscle tension, and any abnormal or blocked joint play and end-feel of the joints.

Treatment:

Other: Physical therapy intervention

Other: Chiropractic Care

Control group

Sham Comparator group

Description:

The participants head and/or spine will be moved in ways that include passive and active movements, similar to what is done when assessing the spine by a chiropractor.No spinal adjustment will be performed during any control intervention.

Treatment:

Other: Physical therapy intervention

Other: Sham intervention