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Efficacy of Adding Lower Extremity Weights on Balance in Children With Ataxic Cerebral Palsy

NCT05227066 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2025-12-18

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Ataxic CP is one type of cerebral palsy. children with ataxic cerebral palsy have trouble with balance and coordination. They may walk with their legs farther apart than other kids and have a hard time with activities that use small hand movements, like writing. Some also have trouble with depth perception This means being able to accurately judge how close or far away something is

Conditions

  • Ataxic Cerebral Palsy

Interventions

OTHER

adding lower extremity weights

All children in the two groups received physical therapy protocol for 30 minutes in addition to half kg of sandbags weights attached for each leg

OTHER

traditional physical therapy group

traditional physical therapy group

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Delta University for Science and Technology

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Hala I. Kassem, Professor · Professor of physical therapy

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
7 Years
Max Age
13 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-01-05
Primary Completion
2025-12-15
Completion
2025-12-20

Countries

  • Egypt

Study Locations

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