WBV on Fascicle Lenght and Knee Joint Angle in CP

Cairo University (CU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cerebral Palsy (CP)

Treatments: Other: designed physiotherapy program; Device: whole body vibration

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06600984

P.T.REC/012/004996

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study investigates the effects of WBV on fascicle length, knee joint angle and function in children with spastic hemiplegic cerebral palsy

Full description

to study the effect of WBV on fascicle length, knee joint angle and function in children with spastic hemiplegic cerebral palsy

Enrollment: 80 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 4 to 6 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Ages varied from four to six years of both sex
• hemiplegic CP children, were suffering from knee joint flexion deformity due to hamstring muscles tightness
• Level I and II motor function, according to the Growth Motor Function Classification System (GMFC) expanded and revised
• Degree of spasticity ranged from 1 to 2 according to modified Ashworth scale
• All children received neuro-developmental techniques

Exclusion criteria

• Other causes of knee flexion deformities
• Previous history of orthopedic surgery in knee joint
• Visual or auditory problems
• Seizures
• Sensory or perceptual deficits
• Any acute illness at the time of collection of data.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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80 participants in 2 patient groups

physical therapy group

Experimental group

Description:

Control group: received a designed physical therapy program

Treatment:

Other: designed physiotherapy program

whole body vibration group

Experimental group

Description:

experimental group: received a designed physical therapy program in addition to WBV for 12 weeks

Treatment:

Device: whole body vibration

Other: designed physiotherapy program