Assessment of Respiratory Function Cerebral Palsy Using Plyometric Exercise Sensorimotor Program

NCT05506527 | Unknown DMC

• 1 other identifier: P.T.REC/012/003787
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 40
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

To examine if adding plyometric exercises to sensorimotor exercises would improve respiratory function in children and adolescents with cerebral palsy

Conditions

Cerebral Palsy

Keywords

respiratory capacity; cerebral palsy; plyometric exercise

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• change of spasticity

  will be measured by modified Ashower Scale

  six weeks

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• change of Respiratory capacity and vital capacity

  six weeks

Study Arms (2)

study group 1

EXPERIMENTAL

Study group A: will receive combined plyometric exercises and sensorimotor program

Other: Sensorimotor program and plyometric exercise

study group 2

EXPERIMENTAL

Study group B: will receive sensorimotor program alone

Other: Sensorimotor program and plyometric exercise

Interventions

Sensorimotor program and plyometric exercise OTHER

Children in study group A will receive combined plyometric exercises (vertical paradigm) and sensorimotor program \- Children of the study group B will receive sensorimotor program alone.

study group 1; study group 2

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 8 Years - 14 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Age will be 8 - 14 years.
• children will be assigned to the study are suffering from spastic hemiplegic cerebral palsy (less than grade 1+ om Modified Ashwar Scale)
• Considering the physical problems, children will be chosen according to Growth Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) with levels I-III
• The ability to understand simple verbal instructions.

You may not qualify if:

• Visual and hearing impairment; surgery within the last three months preventing them from taking part in sensorimotor physical therapy
• Severe oromotor issues
• Severe chest infections

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Egyptian Chinese University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Cairo University

Giza, 12613, Egypt

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Cerebral Palsy

Interventions

Plyometric Exercise

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

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

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Exercise Therapy; Rehabilitation; Aftercare; Continuity of Patient Care; Patient Care; Therapeutics; Physical Therapy Modalities; Physical Conditioning, Human; Exercise; Motor Activity; Movement; Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena; Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena

Study Officials

• Eman Abdel-Halim

  Cairo University

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Central Study Contacts

Mohamed Abo-El-Ros, Ph.D

CONTACT

+201206530584; maboelroose@ecu.edu.eg

Marian Fayez, Ph.D

CONTACT

+201222748287; mfayez@ecu.edu.eg

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Masking Details: lottery method
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: lecturer of physical therapy for pediatrics

Model Details: randomized clinical trial

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 15, 2022
• First Posted: August 18, 2022
• Study Start: September 1, 2022
• Primary Completion: October 1, 2022
• Study Completion: January 1, 2023
• Last Updated: August 18, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-08

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

EG (1)