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Efficacy of Combination Taping Technique vs Ankle Foot Orthosis on Improving Gait Parameters in Cerebral Palsy

NCT04839939 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 36

Last updated 2021-04-14

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Summary

Gait in children with spastic CP is often characterized by abnormal gait kinematics as knee flexion and equines foot which associated with such gait deviations, an elevated walking energy cost is often observed which may contribute to activity limitations.

The ability to maintain proper joint alignment of the lower extremity, and control the position of the foot in standing and walking is a critical treatment objective for gait in children with cerebral palsy. Lower extremity orthoses, such as ankle-foot orthoses (AFOs) are widely recommended in children with spastic cerebral palsy to prevent the development or progression of this deformity and to improve the dynamic efficiency of the child's gait. The use of Kinesio taping in pediatric rehabilitation becomes increasingly popular in recent years. Recent systematic reviews reported moderate evidence that Kinesiology taping is a useful adjunct to physiotherapy intervention in higher functioning children with CP. Combination tapings is a technique first introduced by Kenzo Kase, in which Kinesio taping is coupled with the rigid athletic tape to maximize the treatment benefits. This approach remains briefly addressed in the literature with no prior studies has examined the effects of combination tapings in the CP pediatric population. Hypothesis: there is no difference between the effect of combining tapings and ankle-foot orthosis on spatiotemporal gait parameters in spastic cerebral palsied

Conditions

  • Gait
  • Spastic Diplegia

Interventions

OTHER

Conventional physical therapy

Stretching for tight muscles, weak muscles Strengthening, Postural reactions training, Proprioceptive training, and Walking training

OTHER

Ankle Foot Orthosis

Solid prescribed AFO with a wearing schedule of 6-12 hours per day

OTHER

Combination Taping

Combination between elastic and inelastic taping

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Taif University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Batterjee Medical College

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Mohamed M. Abdel Ghafar, Ph.D · Batterjee Medical College

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-01-01
Primary Completion
2021-03-15
Completion
2021-03-30

Countries

  • Saudi Arabia

Study Locations

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