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Segmental Trunk Stability Training on Sitting and Upper Limbs Functions in Children With Spastic Cerebral Palsy

NCT04937439 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 45

Last updated 2021-06-24

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The study aims to:

1. Investigate the effect of segmental trunk stability training on sitting in children with spastic CP.
2. Investigate the effect of segmental trunk stability training on upper limbs functions in children with spastic CP.

Conditions

  • Cerebral Palsy

Interventions

OTHER

Traditional Physical Therapy program

1. Facilitation of head control will be conducted. 2. Facilitation of trunk control will be applied 3. Facilitation of rolling 4. Facilitation of righting, protective and equilibrium reactions from supine, prone and sitting on a ball 5. Stretching exercises for the muscles liable to be tight 6. Facilitation of sitting

OTHER

Segmental trunk training A

Group (A) will wear an external segmental trunk support extended from the level of pelvis to a level just below the rib cage.

OTHER

Segmental trunk training B

Group (B) will receive the same program given to (group A) while wearing an external segmental trunk support extended from the level of pelvis to a level just below the inferior angle of scapula.

OTHER

Segmental trunk training C

Group (C) will receive the same program given to (group A and B) while wearing an external segmental trunk support extended from the level of last rib to the level of the inferior angle of scapula.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Horus University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Mohamed Arafat, Assistant Lecturer · Horus University, Egypt

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
2 Years
Max Age
4 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-01-01
Primary Completion
2021-12-01
Completion
2022-01-01

Countries

  • Egypt

Study Locations

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