Wheel Assisted Running Training (WART) in Children With Cerebral Palsy

NCT00946439 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: Revital123
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 30
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose is to evaluate the effects of adding a wheel assisted running training (WART) to a conventional mixed physical activity training (CT) program on walking and gross motor function in trained children with cerebral palsy (CP). Method entails recruiting thirty children with CP (16 females, 14 males), with mean (SD) age 11.8 (3.5) and training experience 3.4 (3.5), years were assigned to either WART or CT groups. The energy Expenditure Index (EEI), the Gross Motor Function Measure 66 (GMFM), self-selected and fast walking velocity (SSV and FV, respectively), and cadence are administered by a trained physical therapist. The intervention period is six months, with two sessions per week.

Conditions

Cerebral Palsy

Keywords

training exercise gait

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• walking velocity

  six months

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Energy expenditure index

  six months

Interventions

Wheel assisted running training DEVICE

'Race-Runner' uses the principle of body weight reduction and wheel assisted running training. This is a three-wheel device specifically designed in the 1990s for athletic purposes. The participant is walking or running with the feet on the ground while using a triangular frame equipped with three large bicycle wheels. Support to the participant's body is provided by a regular cycle saddle, a frontal body support plate, and the steering handlebars. The vertical and horizontal distance of the saddle and frontal support from the steering handlebars are adaptable to the participant's body dimension and comfort. This equipment is commonly used in competition in Scandinavia and Central Europe

Also known as: also called 'Petra'

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 6 Years - 19 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• (a) medical diagnosis of cerebral palsy;
• (b) ability to comprehend instructions in a group setting;
• (c) no medical procedures involving the lower limbs (including casting and Botox injections) during the last six months prior to pre-testing;
• (d) able to walk three minutes at a self paced speed;
• (e) no seizures during the last year, and (f) functional performance levels between II-IV of the gross motor functional classification system (GMFCS)

You may not qualify if:

• (a) GMFCS I or V;
• (b) Not being able to comprehend or comply with instructions.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Israel Sport Center for the Disabled: lead
• Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Israel Sport Center for the Disabled

Ramat Gan, 52535, Israel

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Cerebral Palsy

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Brain Damage, Chronic; Brain Diseases; Central Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Diseases

Study Officials

• Yeshayahu Hutzler, Ph.D

  Israel Sport Center for the Disabled

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: CARE PROVIDER
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 24, 2009
• First Posted: July 27, 2009
• Study Start: September 1, 2004
• Primary Completion: September 1, 2006
• Study Completion: September 1, 2006
• Last Updated: July 27, 2009

Record last verified: 2009-07

Locations

IL (1)