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Effects of LIFT on Gait and Balance in Spastic Diplegic Cerebral Palsy Children

NCT07121426 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 82

Last updated 2025-08-13

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Summary

The goal of this Randomized control trial was to evaluate the outcome of limb intensive functional training (LIFT) on gait and balance in spastic diplegic cerebral palsy children with age 3-7 years.

The main questions this study has answered were:

* To access the improvement in children's gait and balance by providing interventions in clinical setting/ standardized environment and then at home environment. This study will check does the improvement in capacity level also improve their performance level in spastic diplegic CP children after getting targeted, activity focused and therapeutic interventions.
* Researcher will compare the effects of intervention on both groups. Control group will receive Conventional physical therapy and traditional gait training at clinical setting while Experimental group will receive LIFT and conventional physical therapy at home settings provided by their caregivers. Both group will receive intervention 5days/week for 20 consecutive weeks.

Conditions

  • Spastic Diplegic Cerebral Palsy
  • Gait, Spastic

Interventions

OTHER

Lower limb Intensive Functional Training

LIFT will help the child in motor learning, skill progression and resistance training to target the strength, proprioception and coordination impairments of the lower extremities. Motor learning will be based on Strength domain (Cycling) . Balance and Coordination domain involves activities such as (ball kicking with alternate legs and Static standing) Proprioception domain (Vertical jumping, sit to stand and cursing) while applying knee-immobilizers if needed.

OTHER

Conventional physical therapy

Stretching followed by Strengthening program and traditional gait training at clinical setting. Stretching muscles were hip flexors, hip adductors, hamstrings and calf and stretching applied for 30 sec with 30 sec rest for 3-5 times for each muscle group with in pain limit followed by strengthening exercise for week muscle which includes the strengthening of anti-gravity muscles of lower limb they are: Quadriceps, Gluteus maximus and soleus performed in 3 groups. Each group contain 10 rep for each week muscle group.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Lahore

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Umair Ahmed, PhD · University of Lahore

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-01-22
Primary Completion
2023-06-25
Completion
2023-07-10

Countries

  • Pakistan

Study Locations

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