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Potential Benefits of Home Based Exercise Programs in the Management of Spastic Cerebral Palsy

NCT05111236 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 86

Last updated 2022-01-05

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Summary

The study will be conducted to see the potential benefits of home based exercise program comprising routine physical therapy and traditional massage in the management of spastic cerebral palsy (CP). It will be a randomized controlled trial having two groups, RPT group and Massage group. Both groups will be provided with routine physical therapy treatment comprising stretching of spastic muscles, strengthening of weak muscles, positioning and posturing strategies. Massage group will also receive traditional massage in addition to routine physical therapy. Parents/Caregivers will be trained to perform routine physical therapy and traditional massage at home. Data will collected using a structured questionnaire, Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS), Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM),Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) and CP Child's Caregiver Priorities \& Child Health Index of Life with Disabilities at baseline, after 6th and 12th weeks of intervention.

Conditions

  • Cerebral Palsy, Spastic, Diplegic

Interventions

OTHER

Routine physical therapy

Rehabilitation strategies in management of children with spastic CP

OTHER

Traditional massage

Rehabilitation strategies in management of children with spastic CP

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, Islamabad, Pakistan

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Qamar Mahmood · HOD, Physiotherapy Department

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-11-01
Primary Completion
2022-04-30
Completion
2022-06-30

Countries

  • Pakistan

Study Locations

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