Role of Kinesiotape Over Dorsi Flexors Muscles on Balance in Children With Spastic Diplegia

NCT04243928 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: peadiatrics 123
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 30
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

To detect the effect of kinesio -tape on balance in children with spastic diplegia.

Conditions

Cerebral Palsy

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• effect of K-Tape on balance

  effect of using K-Tape on dorsi flexors to see its effect on balance

  three months

Study Arms (2)

control group

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

15 diplegic children received regular exercise program including balance exercise

Other: kinesio taping

study group

EXPERIMENTAL

15 diplegic children recieved regular exercise program plus putting kinesiotape

Other: kinesio taping

Interventions

kinesio taping OTHER

apply kinesio taping on dorsi flexors muscles

control group; study group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 4 Years - 10 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Thirty children with spastic diplegia of both genders participated in this study.
• Theywere selected from the out-patient clinic, faculty of physical therapy, Cairo University.
• Children height not less than 1 meter to be able to see the screen of the biodex balance system.
• Their agehad ranged from 4 to 8 years.
• All patients have mild spasticity according to modified Aschwar scale grade 1 \&1+ (Alhusaini, 2010) presented in (Appendix I).
• All patients wereable to stand alone GMFM presented in (Appendix II).
• They could understand and follow instructions.
• All Children used Ankle Foot Orthosis.

You may not qualify if:

• Children with visual or auditory problems.
• Children with positive sensitivity to kinesiotape.
• Children with irrivisable muscle contracture at the calf muscles.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Cairo University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Cairo Univeristy

Cairo, Egypt

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Cerebral Palsy

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

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

Study Officials

• I

  Cairo University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: ROLE OF KINESIOTAPE OVER DORSI FLEXORS MUSCLES ON BALANCE IN CHILDREN WITH SPASTIC DIPLEGIA

Model Details: children rranged from 4 years uo to 10 years with Spastic diplegia

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 22, 2020
• First Posted: January 28, 2020
• Study Start: February 10, 2019
• Primary Completion: August 11, 2019
• Study Completion: October 13, 2019
• Last Updated: January 28, 2020

Record last verified: 2017-12

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

EG (1)