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Support Versus Loaded Treadmill Training in Treatment of Children With Cerebral Palsy

NCT05819216 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2023-04-19

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Summary

Background: Children often suffer from disorders that alter their walking functions, such as cerebral palsy. Task-oriented training is one of the recent interventions to improve gait in children with cerebral palsy (CP). Some studies have shown the effectiveness of Partial Body Weight Support Treadmill Training (PBWSTT) for children with cerebral palsy. Another study supports the effectiveness of Loaded Treadmill Training (LTT) by placing additional weight on the lower extremity. There is still inconsistency in the results of studies advising which weight support or weight addition is more appropriate to use in improving walking in children with cerebral palsy.

Objectives: This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of PBWSTT in the treatment of children with CP. Furthermore, to compare the effectiveness of LTT with PBWSTT.

Methods: Two groups of twenty-two children with spastic cerebral palsy will be involved. Ages 4 to 10 and Gross Motor Functional Classification System (GMFCS) I -III. PBWSTT includes a 45- minute treadmill training session with 30% weight support for group one and LTT by adding 60% weight to lower limb while treadmill training for the second group. Spatiotemporal parameters will be measure additional to balance and endurance functions.

Statistical analysis: Independent t test will be used to detect between group differences and paired t test to detect before and after trial differences. Significance level less than 0.05 and confidence interval 95%.

Study design: Randomized Clinical Trial (Parallel Arm Design).

Conditions

  • Cerebral Palsy

Interventions

DEVICE

Treadmill

Gait training on treadmill training

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Dr. Alaa Ibrahim, PhD · Imam Abdulrahman Bin Fisal University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-05-31
Primary Completion
2023-08-31
Completion
2023-10-31

Countries

  • Saudi Arabia

Study Locations

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