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Core Stability in Ataxic Cerebral Palsied Children

NCT04823936 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2021-04-01

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Summary

Forty children with cerebellar ataxia ranged in age from five to nine years old, they were randomly assigned into two matched control and study groups. The control groups received the selected physical therapy program three times weekly one hour per session while the study group received core stability training for 30 minutes in addition to the selected physical therapy program. Both groups were evaluated by SARA Scale for the Assessment and Rating of Ataxia, Balance Error Scoring Systems scale, Bruininks-Oseretsky test of motor Proficiency 2ed subtest 4 (bilateral coordination), and subtest 7 (upper limb coordination), and HUMAC Balance System before and after two months of intervention.

Conditions

  • Ataxic Cerebral Palsied Children
  • Core Stability
  • Balance and Coordination
  • Severity of the Ataxia

Interventions

OTHER

core stability training

core stability training program for 30 minutes including Supine abdominal draw in Abdominal draw in with double knee to chest Trunk twist while sitting on medical ball Lying supine on the medical ball and rotating the trunk to the sides Contracting abdominal muscles while lying in a supine position and pulling the limbs upward with arms and legs kept close Bringing up the arms and legs simultaneously in the prone position Bridging with head on medical ball hold this position for 3-5 s then slowly relaxes Bridging while shoulders and hands are on the floor and one leg is raised Lying supine on the medical ball and holding the abdomen in and bringing with one leg up

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Cairo University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
5 Years
Max Age
9 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-10-01
Primary Completion
2020-09-30
Completion
2021-02-28

Countries

  • Egypt

Study Locations

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