The Connection Between Gait Variability Parameters and Balance Performance in Children With Physical Disability

ALYN Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Brain Injury; Cerebral Palsy

Treatments: Procedure: muscle strength, walking and balance performance; Other: walking and balance performance evaluation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00338858

alyn2CTIL

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to explore the connection between gait variability parameters and balance performance in children with physical disability

Full description

Step length and step time variability will be measured with an electronic walkway, strength of 4 lower-extremity muscle groups will be tested bilaterally with a hand held dynamometer, walking performance as will be assessed by the 2 minute walk test, energy expenditure index (EEI) and rating of perceived exertion (OMNI scale).

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 3 to 16 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

3 years of age and older Ambulate, with or without an aid

Exclusion criteria

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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60 participants in 3 patient groups

1

Active Comparator group

Description:

TD

Treatment:

Procedure: muscle strength, walking and balance performance

Other: walking and balance performance evaluation

2

Experimental group

Description:

TBI

Treatment:

Procedure: muscle strength, walking and balance performance

Other: walking and balance performance evaluation

a

Experimental group

Description:

Cerebral palsy

Treatment:

Procedure: muscle strength, walking and balance performance

Other: walking and balance performance evaluation