Spastic Cerebral Palsy and Slackline (SCPSLACK)

Luis Santos

Status: Completed

Conditions: Spastic Cerebral Palsy

Treatments: Other: Exercise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03486483

No. 53/2014

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the present study was to assess whether supervised slackline training improves postural control in children and teenagers with spastic cerebral palsy (grade I and II of the Gross Motor Function Classification System).

Enrollment: 27 patients

Sex

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnosis with any expression of spastic cerebral palsy and rated I-II on the Gross Motor Functional classification.
• Between 9 and 16 years of age.
• Ability to cooperate with simple instructions.
• Able to stand for at least 2 min without assistance.
• Able to walk at least 10 m without assistance.

Exclusion criteria

• Individuals were excluded if they underwent neuro or orto surgery during or up to one year prior to the study, botulinum toxin injection or intrathecal pump during or up to six months prior to the study and/or rotational osteotomies, if they expressed gait deviations limited by musculoskeletal contracture, presented specific medical or orthopedic conditions that precluded exercising
• or if they did not meet the eligibility criteria.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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27 participants in 2 patient groups

Supervised Slackline Training

Experimental group

Description:

Supervised Slackline training in children and teenagers with spastic cerebral palsy (grade I and II of the Gross Motor Function Classification System). Intervention included 18 slackline rehabilitation sessions for 6 weeks: 3 sessions per week on non-consecutive days, 30 min each one.

Treatment:

Other: Exercise

Physical Activity

No Intervention group

Description:

The control group followed its usual weekly physical activity routine.