Sensory Integration Therapy and Cerebral Palsy

Kirsehir Ahi Evran Universitesi

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cerebral Palsy

Treatments: Other: Sensory Integration Therapy; Other: Conventional Exercises

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05966428

KAEU-T.ATAHAN-001

Details and patient eligibility

About

This intervention study was planned to investigate the effects of Sensory Integration Therapy that added to the conventional therapy program on spasticity, balance, motor function and functional independency levels of children with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy

Full description

Cerebral Palsy is a disease that can cause motor skill and posture disorders due to a non-progressive lesion in the brain that has not yet completed its development. Cerebral palsy is among the most common causes of disability in childhood. There are many conditions that can cause Cerebral Palsy. Risk groups that cause brain damage can be considered as prenatal, perinatal and postnatal risk factors.The lesion that occurs in the central nervous system in patients with Cerebral Palsy causes some problems in the musculoskeletal system, nervous system and sensory systems. In addition to these problems, depending on the level of the lesion, posture, movement disorders and balance problems occur in individuals with Cerebral Palsy. Sensory integration therapy is a neurological process of perceiving, interpreting and organizing our senses for an effective integration of the individual with the environment. When the literature is examined, the number of studies investigating the effect of sensory integration program in children with spastic diplegic type Cerebral Palsy is insufficient. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of sensory integration therapy on spasticity, balance and motor function in children with spastic diplegic type Cerebral Palsy and to provide the data obtained at the end of the study to the literature both theoretically and practically.

The hypothesis of the study is:

• Sensory integration program reduces spasticity in children with spastic diplegic type Cerebral Palsy.
• Sensory integration program increases balance in children with spastic diplegic type Cerebral Palsy.
• Sensory integration program increases motor function in children with spastic diplegic type Cerebral Palsy.

Enrollment: 24 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 4 to 17 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Between the ages of 4-17
• Diagnosed with spastic diplegic type Cerebral Palsy
• Having Gross Motor Function Classification System levels I and II

Exclusion criteria

• Children who underwent phenol and botulinum toxin-a injections in the last 6 months before the study
• Had a previous surgical operation, and had a cardiopulmonary disease that could prevent exercise
• Children with communication, hearing and vision problems

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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24 participants in 2 patient groups

Control Group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Conventional Exercises

Treatment:

Other: Conventional Exercises

Intervention Group

Experimental group

Description:

Conventional Exercises + Sensory Integration Therapy

Treatment:

Other: Conventional Exercises

Other: Sensory Integration Therapy