Assessment by Surface Electromyography in Cerebral Palsy Footballers

NCT06151873 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: 171123
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 40
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Adapted sport is constantly evolving thanks to the technological and scientific advances in the field of sports that are being developed in our era. Until a few years ago, the study of training, loads, volumes and work intensities were the focus of attention, but nowadays, expanding towards recovery of the individual and consequently to an improvement of the assessments and treatments from the point of view of the alteration of the movement. Impaired motor control is a consequence of most central nervous system (CNS) movement disorders, such as cerebral palsy. A common physical examination includes assessment of passive muscle elongation endurance, isometric and isotonic testing. This test is used to judge the degree and nature of muscle hyperendurance, to determine etiology at the muscle tissue and/or motor control level, and to infer consequences for overall motor performance in functional tasks. Although this physical examination is in widespread clinical use and provides clinically essential information, it is still a subjective assessment and depends on several factors such as intra- and inter-examiner variability.this variability and subjectivity calls for a consensus on the interpretation and measurement of muscle neurophysiological responses in patients with neurological diseases.Generally, the assessment instruments used for the analysis of hypertonia in adapted sports are based on standardized tests and trials. Specifically, in CP (Cerebral Palsy)-Football, hypertonia is assessed by the degrees of spasticity of the modified Ashworth Scale. There is a need for instrumental assessment to validate subjectivity and thus facilitate the applicability, objectivity, characterization and monitoring of the pathology, such as surface electromyography (EMS). The tests will be performed in a control group of healthy subjects and an experimental group with subjects belonging to the Spanish National Football Team of cerebral palsy and acquired brain damage. After collecting the records, the behavioral patterns in both groups will be evaluated, establishing possible differences between them for the clinimetric indicators analyzed related to muscle activity, thus allowing a characterization of the sample. Subsequently, by means of the post-exertion assessment of the experimental group, we will analyze the influence of muscle fatigue after an international soccer match. Therefore, the development of the project aims to provide clinical health professionals and professionals in sports physical activity with evaluative tools (EMG) sensitive to clinical changes that allow characterizing, classifying and observing the evolution of their athletes through a simple, fast and agile characterization of indicators based on surface electromyography for patients with cerebral palsy and acquired brain damage.

Conditions

Assessment, Self; Cerebral Palsy; Technology Addiction

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Baseline muscle activity

  Recording of muscle activity by surface electromyography at rest or basal state of the spastic musculature used in the international sports classification: calf-soleus; hamstrings; adductors.The unit is microvolts

  one week

• Isometric muscle activity

  Recording of isometric muscle activity by surface electromyography of the spastic musculature used in international sports classification: calf-soleus; hamstrings; adductors. The unit is microvolts

  one week

Secondary Outcomes (6)

• weight

  one week

• Height

  one week

• Age

  one week

• sports classification

  one week

• Affected hemibody

  one week

Study Arms (2)

Healthy subjects

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

control group sample, healthy subjects without musculoskeletal, neurological or vestibular disorders may participate.

Diagnostic Test: Adapted sport

Subjects with neurological damage

EXPERIMENTAL

Subjects with cerebral palsy/acquired brain damage belonging to the Spanish National Soccer Team with cerebral palsy and acquired brain damage may participate as an experimental group.

Diagnostic Test: Adapted sport

Interventions

Adapted sport DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

control group sample, healthy subjects without musculoskeletal, neurological or vestibular alterations can participate.

Healthy subjects

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: male
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• healthy subjects with no musculoskeletal, neurological or vestibular disorders

You may not qualify if:

• vestibular, neurological and musculoeskeletal disorders
• Experimental group
• \- subjects with cerebral palsy/acquired brain damag. FT1, FT2 and FT3 soccer clasification.
• \- healthy subjects with no musculoskeletal, neurological or vestibular disorders

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Extremadura: lead

Study Sites (1)

Universidad de Extremadura

Badajoz, 06071, Spain

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Cerebral Palsy; Technology Addiction

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Brain Damage, Chronic; Brain Diseases; Central Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Diseases; Behavior, Addictive; Compulsive Behavior; Impulsive Behavior; Behavior

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: SCREENING
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 20, 2023
• First Posted: November 30, 2023
• Study Start: November 17, 2023
• Primary Completion: November 17, 2023
• Study Completion: December 31, 2023
• Last Updated: May 10, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-05

Locations

ES (1)