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Study of a Stationary Cycling Intervention for Children With Spastic Diplegic Cerebral Palsy

NCT00401154 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 64

Last updated 2014-12-08

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The study is about the effect of an exercise program using stationary bicycling for children with the spastic diplegic form of cerebral palsy. Spastic diplegia is a type of cerebral palsy that involves spasticity or "tightness" of the leg muscles. We hope to learn whether this type of exercise will allow the children to develop improved strength in the muscles that bend and straighten their knees, enhance their level of physical fitness, improve their ability to walk and improve their ability to perform other activities that are important to them. We hypothesize that children who participate in the stationary cycling intervention will gain strength in the muscles that bend and straighten their knees, will be able to complete a 600 yard walk run test (a test of endurance) more rapidly, and will improve their score on a test of function called the Gross Motor Function Measure (a test designed specifically for children with cerebral palsy).

Conditions

  • Spastic Diplegic Cerebral Palsy

Interventions

OTHER

Stationary Cycling

Use of a stationary bicycle for exercise

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Physical Therapy Clinical Research Network

    collaborator NETWORK

  • University of Southern California

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Eileen Fowler, PT, PhD · University of California at Los Angeles

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
7 Years
Max Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2003-09-30
Primary Completion
2006-03-31
Completion
2006-03-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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