Walking Ability and Limit of Stability in Children With Spastic Cerebral Palsy

Muş Alparlan University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Gait, Spastic

Treatments: Other: GAITRite gaitway system, Bertec Balance System

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05583929

GO-22/398

Details and patient eligibility

About

Trunk control in children with spastic Cerebral Palsy (CP) is impaired. They have weaker trunk muscle strenght, and insufficient sitting/standing balance according to their developing peers. Since their weak trunk muscles and insufficient balance responses, they are not able to walk as functional similar to their peers. Additionaly limit of stability is worsen in children with CP. Investigation of the relationship between walking ability and limit of stability when seated position is important to understand which child is acceptable for training of walk. However we did not found any study to explain it. Therefore the aim of this study is to investigate walking ability and limit of stability in children with spastic CP, and to compare their developing peers.

Enrollment: 20 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 6 to 15 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• spastic serebral palsy, between the ages 6-15 years, between the I-IV. levels of GMFCS, be able to understand command given by physical therapist

Exclusion criteria

• undergone botulinum toxin A to upper and/or lower extremities, undergone any surgery to their extremities, be at the V. levels of GMFCS

Trial design

20 participants in 2 patient groups

Spastic Cerebral Palsy

Description:

Children with spastic cerebral palsy

Treatment:

Other: GAITRite gaitway system, Bertec Balance System

Healthy Developing Peers

Description:

Children with healthy developing peers

Treatment:

Other: GAITRite gaitway system, Bertec Balance System