Evaluating Walking Kinetic of Children Who Suffer Central Nervous System (CNS) Damage

Sheba Medical Center

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Walking Performance

Treatments: Other: gait evaluation

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01158027

SHEBA-10-7999-OK-CTIL

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of the present study is to look at the effect of changing walking parameters on the dynamic walking characteristics among children post severe traumatic brain injury, and typically developed controls.

Enrollment: 30 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 8 to 13 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. post-severe closed head injury (Glasgow Coma Scale [GCS] score at admission to emergency room of ≤8) [Kathryn 2008].
2. at least one year post trauma.
3. ages 7 to 13 years.
4. independent ambulation (foot orthoses permitted).

Exclusion criteria

1. had received botulinum toxin for spasticity management or had undergone orthopedic surgery in the past six months.
2. unable to follow simple instructions.

Trial design

30 participants in 1 patient group

children

Treatment:

Other: gait evaluation