The Efficacy of Distortion Banding on Outcome Measures in Children With Cerebral Palsy

Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cerebral Palsy, Spastic

Treatments: Other: Kinesio Taping; Other: Conventional Rehabilitation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05251532

CPKT2

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the study is to compare the conventional rehabilitation program and the distortion taping applied with Kinesio Tex tape in addition to conventional rehabilitation in children with hemiplegic or monoplegic cerebral palsy with ankle varus deformity.

Full description

Conventional rehabilitation practices will be applied to the control group. In addition to Kinesio Tex tape distortion taping, conventional rehabilitation will be applied to the intervention group. It is aimed to evaluate the patients' balance, quality of life, performance test, spasticity level and gait quality.

Enrollment: 32 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 4 to 12 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Children with cerebral palsy aged 4-12 years with unilateral involvement who are hemiplegic or monoplegic
• Cases with Gross Motor Function Classification (GMFCS) level 1 or 2
• Understanding simple commands and signing the consent form

Exclusion criteria

• Presence of equinus deformity
• Situations that may prevent assessments or communication
• Lack of cooperation during work
• Presence of surgery that may affect assessments, such as joint freezing
• Presence of botulinum toxin administration in the last 6 months
• Development of an allergic reaction on the skin to the tape

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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32 participants in 2 patient groups

Kinesio Taping Group (KTG)

Experimental group

Description:

Distortion taping with Kinesio Tex will be applied to the patients in addition to conventional rehabilitation through a pediatric physiotherapist.

Treatment:

Other: Kinesio Taping

Conventional Rehabilitation Group (CRG)

Active Comparator group

Description:

Conventional rehabilitation program will be applied to the patients through a pediatric physiotherapist.

Treatment:

Other: Conventional Rehabilitation