Effect of Specially Designed Balance Board on Standing Balance in Children With Diplegic Cererbral Palsy

NCT06964386 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: Zeinab-004238
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 40
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This was done to:

1. 1.To determine the effect of a specially designed balance board on balance ability.
2. 2.To determine the effect of the traditional balance training program on balance ability.
3. 3.To compare between the effect of a specially designed balance board and the traditional balance training program on balance ability.

Conditions

Balance Board; Standing Balance; Diplegic Cerebral Palsy

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• assessment of degree of spasticity

  Assessment of tone involves the clinician passively moving the patient's joints slowly and quickly and rating the degree of resistance felt to rapid stretch, typically as increased or decreased relative to a presumed normal (Hugos and Cameron, 2019). Only spastic diplegic children with grade 1 and 1+ will be included in the study

  at baseline and after 3 months

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Assessment of change of gross motor function level

  at baseline and after 3 months

• assessment of change of balance

  at baseline and after 3 months

• assessment of change of pediatric balance

  at baseline and after 3 months

Study Arms (2)

the traditional program

EXPERIMENTAL

twenty Children in group A received designed physical therapy program in addition to traditional balance training

Other: The traditional physical therapy rehabilitation exercises; Other: balance training on traditional balance board

balance training exercises

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

twenty Children in group B received the same designed physical therapy program in addition to balance training exercises on special form of balance board

Other: The traditional physical therapy rehabilitation exercises; Other: program on special form of balance board

Interventions

The traditional physical therapy rehabilitation exercises OTHER

It included 30 minutes of exercises as: * Incorporated stretching (adductors, calf, and hamstring muscles) * Range of motion for hip, knee, and ankle joints. * Core stability exercises. * climbing stairs and weight-bearing activities for strengthening, such as sit-to-stand and attaining standing position by half kneeling

balance training exercises; the traditional program

balance training on traditional balance board OTHER

Balance training included: - Side stepping - Stepping backward - Changing the center of gravity in one-foot balance.

the traditional program

program on special form of balance board OTHER

Standing holding on the sticks of balance board (first by two sticks, then graduated by one stick). 2- Changing the grasp of hand on sticks (reciprocal catching the sticks by right and left hand). 3- Stride standing on balance board. 4- Make exercises advanced by remove sticks and throwing the ball. 5- All previous exercises do with eye closed and eye opened

balance training exercises

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 4 Years - 8 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Their ages ranged from 4 to 8 years old.
• The degree of spasticity ranged from grade 1 or 1+ according to Modified Ashworth Scale
• They were at level I or II on gross motor function classification scale.
• They were able to follow verbal command or instructions.

You may not qualify if:

• Children were excluded if they had one of the following :
• Fixed deformities of lower limbs.
• Visual or auditory problems.
• History of surgical interference in lower limbs less than six months.
• Botulinum toxin injections to the lower limb during the previous 4 months.
• Mental retardation.
• Fixed deformity

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Cairo University: lead

Study Sites (1)

out-patient clinic, faculty of physical therapy, Cairo university

Cairo, Egypt

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Cerebral Palsy

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

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

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: principal investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 1, 2025
• First Posted: May 9, 2025
• Study Start: January 1, 2023
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2023
• Study Completion: February 1, 2024
• Last Updated: May 9, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-05

Locations

EG (1)