MedTrace Logo

Effect of Antigravity Shoes on Improving the Quality of Gait in Children With Spastic Diplegia

NCT04117282 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2019-10-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Improving the quality of gait in the diplegic children is a major concern in the rehabilitation program. Thirty children with spastic diplegia were distributed equally into 2 groups, group A (control) and group B (study). Group A had received the traditional physical therapy program for 30 minutes and 30 minutes traditional gait training, while group B had received 30 minutes gait training with antigravity shoes in addition to the traditional exercise program for 30 minutes, percentage of stance and swing phase of gait were measured by 2 D gait analysis for children of both groups pre and after 3 successive months of treatment program, also function level of gait were assessed pre and post treatment by GMFCS .

Conditions

  • Cerebral Palsy

Interventions

OTHER

gait training

training for improving the quality of gait through adjusting gait cycle phases time and improving the functional level and independence during gait

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Cairo University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Nahla Mohamed, lecturer · Cairo University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
6 Years
Max Age
8 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-02-03
Primary Completion
2019-05-05
Completion
2019-05-07

Countries

  • Egypt

More Related Trials

Read the full study record

This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

View NCT04117282 on ClinicalTrials.gov