Walking Ability and Limit of Stability in Children With Spastic Cerebral Palsy

NCT05583929 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: GO-22/398
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 20
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Trunk control in children with spastic Cerebral Palsy (CP) is impaired. They have weaker trunk muscle strenght, and insufficient sitting/standing balance according to their developing peers. Since their weak trunk muscles and insufficient balance responses, they are not able to walk as functional similar to their peers. Additionaly limit of stability is worsen in children with CP. Investigation of the relationship between walking ability and limit of stability when seated position is important to understand which child is acceptable for training of walk. However we did not found any study to explain it. Therefore the aim of this study is to investigate walking ability and limit of stability in children with spastic CP, and to compare their developing peers.

Conditions

Gait, Spastic

Keywords

gait, walking ability, limit of stability, cerebral palsy

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Gait parameters (stride length in cm, step width in cm, time in swing phase in second, time in stance phase in second)

  Gait parameters will be assessed by GAITRite walking way system.

  20 minutes

• Limit of stability when sitting and standing position in cm

  Limit of stability will be evaluated by BERTEC balance system.

  20 minutes

Study Arms (2)

Spastic Cerebral Palsy

Children with spastic cerebral palsy

Other: GAITRite gaitway system, Bertec Balance System

Healthy Developing Peers

Children with healthy developing peers

Other: GAITRite gaitway system, Bertec Balance System

Interventions

GAITRite gaitway system, Bertec Balance System OTHER

GAITRite gaitway system will use to assess gait parameters, Bertec Balance System will use to assess limit of stability

Healthy Developing Peers; Spastic Cerebral Palsy

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 6 Years - 15 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)
• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

Spastic cerebral palsy and their developing peers

You may qualify if:

• spastic serebral palsy, between the ages 6-15 years, between the I-IV. levels of GMFCS, be able to understand command given by physical therapist

You may not qualify if:

• undergone botulinum toxin A to upper and/or lower extremities, undergone any surgery to their extremities, be at the V. levels of GMFCS

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Muş Alparslan University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Hacettepe University

Altındağ, Ankara, Turkey (Türkiye)

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Gait Disorders, Neurologic; Cerebral Palsy

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Neurologic Manifestations; Nervous System Diseases; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Brain Damage, Chronic; Brain Diseases; Central Nervous System Diseases

Study Officials

• Bayram Sırrı, MSc

  Hacettepe University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Bayram Sırrı, PT, MSc,

CONTACT

+905362410774; bayramsirri@gmail.com

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Phisical Therapist, Research Asistant, Master in Science

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 7, 2022
• First Posted: October 18, 2022
• Study Start: November 29, 2022
• Primary Completion: June 1, 2023
• Study Completion: June 1, 2024
• Last Updated: December 2, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-11

Locations

TU (1)