Weight Distribution Asymmetry in Relation to Speed During Gait in Children With Spastic Cerebral Palsy.

• Sponsor: Cairo University (Other)
• Overall Status: Completed
• CT.gov ID: NCT04636424
• Collaborator: (none)
• Enrollment: 114
• Location: 1
• Arms: 2
• Actual Duration (Months): 11
• Patients Per Site Per Month: 10.4

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

Background: Improving walking ability is one of the major concerns in therapeutic interventions for children with cerebral palsy.

Aim: determine the relation between the weight distributed on both lower limb and speed during walking.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Gait, Spastic	Other: assesment of gait	N/A

Detailed Description

sixty children with spastic diplegia (group A) and forty-five with hemiparesis ( group B) with age ranged from ten to twelve, they had spasticity grade 1 and 1+ according to modified ashworth scale and they were able to walk with assistance (level II on Gross Motor Classification System).Evaluation was held by the Biodex gait trainer for measuring weight distribution on both lower limbs and speed during gait to determine if there was a relation between weight distribution asymmetry and the speed of gait of those children

Study Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Actual Enrollment: 114 participants
• Allocation: Non-Randomized
• Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)
• Primary Purpose: Other
• Official Title: Weight Distribution Asymmetry in Relation to Speed During Gait in Children With Spastic Cerebral Palsy.
• Actual Study Start Date: Dec 3, 2019
• Actual Primary Completion Date: Mar 5, 2020
• Actual Study Completion Date: Nov 1, 2020

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: spastic diplegic group assessment of the speed and weight distribution during gait	Other: assesment of gait; speed and weight distribution during gait
Experimental: hemiplegic group assessment of the speed and weight distribution during gait	Other: assesment of gait; speed and weight distribution during gait

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

1. speed of gait [12 weaks]

   the velocity of walking

Secondary Outcome Measures

1. foot to foot distribution [12 weaks]

   weight loaded on each lower limb during gait assessment

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 10 Years to 12 Years
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Inclusion Criteria:

The selection criteria to the diplegic group were as follows:

1. children diagnosed as spastic diplegia or hemiplegia;

2. the ability to stand independently without support for not less than 30 seconds;

3. the ability to walk independently; a classification of level II in the Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS);

4. and capability to understand simple verbal commands.

Exclusion criteria:

1. Participants were excluded if they were treated for lower limbs orthopedic surgical or with botulinum toxin injection within the last 6 months

2. or if they had fixed lower limb deformity.

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Faculty of Physical Therapy,Cairo University	Cairo	Giza	Egypt	02

Sponsors and Collaborators

• Cairo University

Investigators

• Study Director: Nahla Mohamed, Cairo University

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

• Nahla M. Ibrahim, Mai Elsayed Abbass. EFFECT OF PEDAL TRAINING ON GAIT SPEED IN CHILDREN WITH HEMIPARETIC CEREBRAL PALSY.Int J Physiother Res 2017;5(6):2560-65. ISSN 2321-1822

• Responsible Party: Nahla Mohamed Ibrahim, Doctoral degree (lecturer), Cairo University
• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04636424
• Other Study ID Numbers: correlation study
• First Posted: Nov 19, 2020
• Last Update Posted: Nov 19, 2020
• Last Verified: Nov 1, 2020

• Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: Yes
• Plan to Share IPD: Yes
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: No
• Keywords provided by Nahla Mohamed Ibrahim, Doctoral degree (lecturer), Cairo University: assymetry-gait-speed-cerebral palsy
• Additional relevant MeSH terms: Muscle Spasticity; Cerebral Palsy; Gait Disorders, Neurologic

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Nov 19, 2020