Role of Light Tracking Intervention in Children With Spastic Hemiplegia

Cairo University (CU)

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Spastic Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy

Treatments: Other: Visual Light Tracking

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06473298

Light Tracking in Hemiplegia

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study aims to investigate the effect of visual light tracking on gait, selective motor control and sensory processing in children with spastic hemiplegic cerebral palsy.

Enrollment: 40 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 4 to 7 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age ranged from (4-7 years).
• They will be able to walk independently.
• They will have intact auditory pathways.
• They will have intact visual pathways.
• They will have a mild degree of spasticity graded from 1 to 1+ according to the modified Ashworth scale
• They will be mentally stable.

Exclusion criteria

• Any other neuromuscular disorders.
• Convulsion.
• Botox injection
• Fixed deformities of lower limbs and spine.
• Selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR).
• Children with spasticity more than 1+ according to the modified Ashworth scale.
• Children with visual disorders such as squint myopia.
• children with auditory problems.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

Visual light tracking program

Experimental group

Description:

Visual light tracking program

Treatment:

Other: Visual Light Tracking

Selective physical therapy program

Experimental group

Description:

Selective physical therapy program

Treatment:

Other: Visual Light Tracking