The Effect of Therapeutic Climbing on Muscle Strength, Tone and Balance in Hemiplegic Children

Sponsor

Pavlos Kitixis (Other)

Overall Status

Active, not recruiting

CT.gov ID

NCT05983887

Collaborator

(none)

Enrollment

Location

Arms

5.7

Anticipated Duration (Months)

2.1

Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

The goal of this randomised controlled trial is to learn about the effect of therapeutic climbing in hemiplegic children. The main questions it aims to answer are:

Does climbing affect muscle strength and tone? What is its connection between normative data drawn from healthy children? How can it affect balance?

Participants (children) will be asked to complete an series of movements used in sports climbing, such as inside-flag, back-flag and horizontal traverse, while hanging on an in-door climbing wall.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Hemiplegia and Hemiparesis	Other: Therapeutic Climbing	N/A

Study Design

Study Type:

Interventional

Actual Enrollment :

12 participants

Allocation:

Randomized

Intervention Model:

Parallel Assignment

Intervention Model Description:

Single-blind Randomised Controlled TrialSingle-blind Randomised Controlled Trial

Masking:

Single (Outcomes Assessor)

Primary Purpose:

Treatment

Official Title:

The Effect of Therapeutic Climbing on Muscle Strength, Tone and Balance in Hemiplegic Children: a Preliminary Single-blind Randomised Controlled Trial

Actual Study Start Date :

Apr 10, 2023

Anticipated Primary Completion Date :

Aug 31, 2023

Anticipated Study Completion Date :

Sep 30, 2023

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
No Intervention: Control Group The participants in this group continue their conventional intervention protocol without using the climbing instructions.
Experimental: Climbing Group The participants in this group continue their conventional intervention protocol plus an in-door climbing intervention protocol.	Other: Therapeutic Climbing The protocol consists of using an in-door climbing wall as an complementary therapeutic intervention model.

Arm

Intervention/Treatment

No Intervention: Control Group

The participants in this group continue their conventional intervention protocol without using the climbing instructions.

Experimental: Climbing Group

The participants in this group continue their conventional intervention protocol plus an in-door climbing intervention protocol.

Other: Therapeutic Climbing

The protocol consists of using an in-door climbing wall as an complementary therapeutic intervention model.

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

Muscle Strength [8 weeks (pre-post evaluation)]
Measured using Kinvent K-PUSH Dynamometer and Jamar Hydraulic Hand Dynamometer ; Unit of Measure: Peak Force in Kilograms
Balance [8 weeks (pre-post evaluation)]
Measured using the Timed Up & Go Test ; Unit of Measure: seconds of completion
Muscle Tone [8 weeks (pre-post evaluation)]
Evaluated using the Modified Ashworth Scale ; Unit of Measure: Scoring Options (0-4)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Normative Strength Data Comparison [8 weeks (pre-post evaluation)]
Comparison of normative values of the Jamar Hydraulic Hand Dynamometer of Healthy and Hemiplegic Children ; Unit of Measure: Difference of Peak Force in Kilograms