Whole Body Vibration and BOSU Ball in Spastic Cerebral Palsy

Riphah International University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Spastic Cerebral Palsy

Treatments: Device: BOSU ball; Device: Whole Body Vibration

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06407921

REC/RCR&AHS/23/07100

Details and patient eligibility

About

Cerebral palsy is a non-progressive neurodevelopmental disorder, also known as littles disease. The most common cause of physical and mental disabilities in the pediatric population. Cerebral means brain and palsy means weakness or problems in muscles. Spastic cerebral palsy is the common type of cerebral palsy characterized by spasticity or high muscle tone, results in stiffness etc.

This will be a randomized clinical trial, data will be collected from Sehat medical complex Lahore. Study will be conducted on 30 patients. Inclusion criteria of this study is spastic diplegic CP children with age between 6 to 12 years, with GMFCS level 1 and 2 and those both male nd female, able to understand command will be included. Those diplegic spastic CP who have orthopedic intervention/surgery, botulinum toxin injection within past six months, or medical problems such as pneumonia that prevented children from participating in exercises will be excluded.

Full description

Group A: whole body vibration therapy group This group will be provided with whole body vibration therapy in spastic cerebral palsy children. Exercise will be conducted 3 times a week for 8 weeks. Pre and post session functional mobility and balance will be measured by pediatric balance scale and time up and go test. Along routine physical therapy such as stretching exercise of achilles tendon, hamstring muscles, hip flexors and adductors, shoulder internal rotators, and wrist flexors, pronators, and ulnar deviator etc.

Group B: BOSU ball training group This group will be provided with both sides up ball BOSU training in spastic cerebral palsy children. Exercise will be conducted 3 times a week for 8 weeks. Pre and post session functional mobility and balance will be measured by pediatric balance scale and time up and go test. Along routine physical therapy such as stretching exercise of achilles tendon, hamstring muscles, hip flexors and adductors, shoulder internal rotators, and wrist flexors, pronators, and ulnar deviator etc.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 6 to 12 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Spastic diplegic CP with GMFCS level I-II
• Age 6-12 years
• Both male and female.
• Able to understand command

Exclusion criteria

• Orthopedic surgery within 6 months
• Botulinum injection
• Parents refuse to participate
• Other diseases as Pneumonia

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

Whole Body Vibration Therapy

Experimental group

Description:

This group will receive Whole Body Vibration Therapy

Treatment:

Device: Whole Body Vibration

BOSU ball therapy

Experimental group

Description:

This group will receive BOSU ball therapy

Treatment:

Device: BOSU ball