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Neuromotor Control During Walking in Children With Cerebral Palsy

NCT05233748 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 34

Last updated 2022-09-30

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

One out of every three children with cerebral palsy (CP) falls daily, with more than half of the falls occurring while walking. To avoid falling, the nervous system must continuously monitor how the body moves and, when an imbalance is detected, activate muscles for an appropriate correction. In this project, we will use small electrical stimulation of muscles and tendons that enhances the sense of body positioning, to allow children with CP to generate more accurate balance corrections.

Conditions

  • Cerebral Palsy

Interventions

DEVICE

Stochastic Resonance (SR)

The system consists of six linear isolated stimulators (STMISOLA, Biopac Systems, Inc., Goleta, USA). The SR signal (Gaussian White Noise, zero mean) will be generated through a 16 bit PCI 6733 National Instruments multifunction data acquisition card by a custom LabView program. The stimulation sites include the ankle, lateral soleus, peroneus longus, and tibialis anterior muscles and the hip.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Delaware

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • John Jeka, PhD · University of Delaware

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
8 Years
Max Age
8 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-10-30
Primary Completion
2022-09-28
Completion
2022-09-28

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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