Soccer Play in Children With Cerebral Palsy

The Catholic University of Korea

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cerebral Palsy

Treatments: Behavioral: soccer play program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03616080

VC17ONSI0205

Details and patient eligibility

About

1. To figure out the effect of soccer play (once a week for 8 weeks) on pulmonary function in children with cerebral palsy
2. To find out if the leisure activity (soccer) increase the quality of life, motor function, gait function etc..
3. Safety of soccer play in children with cerebral palsy

Full description

1. 1 hr of play once a week for 8 weeks of soccer program was done in the experimental group.

2. Both the experimental and control group were children with ambulatory cerebral palsy aged 5 to 12 years.

3. Several outcomes were measured before and after the program

   • pulmonary function test including FVC, FEV1
   • GMFM-88, PBS, walking test, muscle power sprint test, timed up and go, gait parameters
   • Child Health Questionnaire Parent Form 50 (CHQ-PF50)
   • KIDSCREEN

4. An accelerometer was worn before the program and during the program for a week (experimental group only)

Enrollment: 19 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 5 to 12 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• children with cerebral palsy
• GMFCS level I-II
• 5-12 years old

Exclusion criteria

• acute disease, less than 6 months from the surgery
• the behavioral or psychiatric problem that hinders group activity
• intellectual disability to do the questionnaire
• who do not participate in the class well (absent more than 3 times)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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19 participants in 2 patient groups

experimental

Experimental group

Description:

children who participated in soccer play program usual activity and therapy + soccer play program (once a week for eight weeks)

Treatment:

Behavioral: soccer play program

control

No Intervention group

Description:

children without soccer paly program usual activity and therapy