Effects of TOT on Walking in Children With CP

Riphah International University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cerebral Palsy

Treatments: Other: Conventional rehabilitation treatment; Other: Task oriented training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04561349

REC/00242 Madiha Tariq

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study was to determine the effects of task oriented training (TOT) on walking and balance in children with spastic Cerebral Palsy (CP).

Full description

The aim of study is to evaluate the effectiveness of task-oriented training on the walking in Cerebral Palsy children and compare its results with that of the conservative rehabilitation treatment. By training children to walk using task oriented training not only improves their walk and balance but also encourage them to actively participate in their own treatment process. Task oriented training approach can prove to be an effective technique for those CP children who can perform ambulation and have defined targets for gross motor activities

Enrollment: 44 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 4 to 14 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Spastic CP children of age between 4 to 14 years
• With spasticity 2 or less on Modified Ashworth scale
• Who can walk (GMFCS level 1-3) and can
• Can perform different activities on command

Exclusion criteria

• Children with cognitive impairment
• Lower limb surgery in last 6 months
• Tetraplegic CP and who are unable to walk and follow command

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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44 participants in 2 patient groups

Task-oriented training (TOT)

Experimental group

Description:

Task-oriented training consisted of different functional tasks for lower limbs to improve balance and walk

Treatment:

Other: Task oriented training

Conventional rehabilitation treatment

Active Comparator group

Description:

Conventional rehabilitation treatment includes mat activities and range of motion (ROM) of all limbs, Lower limb strengthening and stretching, walking, cycling

Treatment:

Other: Conventional rehabilitation treatment