UNIVERSAL EXERCISE UNIT and REBOUND THERAPY ON GENU RECURVATUM Cerebral Palsy Childeren

NCT07008521 | Active Not Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: 012005355
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 60
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

to investigate and compare between effectiveness of Universal Exercise Unit and Rebound Therapy on genu recurvatum, muscle strength, balance, functional mobility and quality of life in spastic cerebral palsy children

Conditions

Genu Recurvatum

Keywords

genu recurvatum, Cerebral Palsy, Universal Exercise Unit, Rebound Therapy

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• degree of genu recurvatum

  degree of genu recurvatum will be measured by Radiological X-Ray

  10 minutes

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• muscle power

  2 minutes

• balance

  20 minutes

• functional mobility

  20 minutes

• Quality of child life

  20 minutes administration for each child

Study Arms (3)

control group

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Control group: Children in this group will receive a traditional physical therapy program.

Procedure: Traditional physical therapy program

study group A

EXPERIMENTAL

Study group (A): Children in this group will receive a traditional physical therapy program in addition to universal exercise unit program.

Procedure: Universal exercise unit

Study group B

EXPERIMENTAL

Study group (B): Children in this group will receive the same traditional physical therapy program in addition to rebound therapy

Procedure: Rebound Therapy

Interventions

Universal exercise unit PROCEDURE

universal exercise unit (UEU) for study groip (A)

study group A

Rebound Therapy PROCEDURE

rebound therpay for study group (B)

Study group B

Traditional physical therapy program PROCEDURE

traditional physical therapy program for contrl group

control group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 5 Years - 7 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Children with spastic CP both hemiplegic and diplegic.
• Their ages will be ranged from 5-7 years old.
• They will have mild spasticity (grade 1 and 1+) according to Modified Ashworth scale .
• They will be in level I and II according to gross motor function classification system (GMFCS) .
• They will be able to understand orders given to them.

You may not qualify if:

• Subjects will be excluded if they have the following:
• Visual or hearing impairment.
• Severe limb deformities as structural genurecurvatum.
• Surgical interference in the lower limbs for the last 6 months.
• Botulinum toxin injection of the spastic lower limb muscles during the last six months.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Cairo University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Faculty of Physical Therapy

Giza, 02, Egypt

Location

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MeSH Terms

Conditions

Cerebral Palsy

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

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

Study Officials

• Nanees Essam Mohamed, PhD

  Cairo University

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Masking Details: Participants will be assigned randomly into three groups of equal number (control group, study group A and study group B ) the randomization will be performed by simple randomization. Assessors will be blinded to the groups of the subjects.
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: assistant lecturer

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 29, 2025
• First Posted: June 6, 2025
• Study Start: March 1, 2025
• Primary Completion: September 1, 2025
• Study Completion: October 1, 2025
• Last Updated: June 6, 2025

Record last verified: 2024-08

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

EG (1)