Effect Of Brain Gym Exercises On Balance And Quality Of Life In Children With Spastic Diplegia

NCT07438223 | Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: P.T.REC\012\006105
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 44
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Statement of the problem Do brain gym exercises affect balance and quality of life in children with spastic diplegia? Null hypotheses:

1. 1.There will be no significant effect of brain gym exercises on balance in children with spastic diplegia.
2. 2.There will be no significant effect of brain gym exercises on quality of life in children with spastic diplegia.

Conditions

Cerebral Palsy (CP); Spastic Diplegia

Keywords

Brain gym exercises; Cerebral palsy; Diplegia; Balance; Quality of life

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Balance

  Biodex balance system will measure the overall stability index, antero -posterior stability index and medio- lateral stability index, higher score indicate lower stability.

  3 months

• Quality of life

  Cerebral Palsy Quality Of Life Questionnaire (CPQOL)contains 66 items each uses a 9- point rating scale ( for items The minimum value 1, maximum value 9)and then transformed to a 0 to 100 scale. As the total score approaches 100 this means better quality of life. The domains evaluated using it are social well being and acceptance, emotional well-being, function and participation and physical health, access to services, pain and impact of disability, and family health..

  3 months

Study Arms (2)

group A will take conventional physical therapy and brain gym exercises

EXPERIMENTAL

Group A will take conventional physical therapy for 45 minutes and brain gym exercises for 30 minutes for three months three sessions per week . Conventional physical therapy program includes: Balance from standing Sit to stand Standing balance One leg standing Ball kicking Reaching out Pick up objects outside the stability limit Gait training Walking sideways Walking backwards Obstacle course walking and stair climbing Brain gym exercises include: Energy exercise: Drinking water Brain buttons Midlinemovements: Cross crawl Lazy eight Belly breathing exercise Deepening attitude: Hook- ups Lengthening activities: Arm activation The owl Calf pump

Other: Brain gym exercises; Other: Conventional physical therapy program

Group B the control group will take only conventional physical therapy

EXPERIMENTAL

will take the same conventional physical therapy program for 45 minutes three times per week for three months.

Other: Conventional physical therapy program

Interventions

Brain gym exercises OTHER

Brain gym exercises include: Energy exercise: Drinking water Brain buttons Midline movements: Cross crawl Lazy eight Belly breathing exercise Deepening attitude: Hook- ups Lengthening activities: Arm activation The owl Calf pump

group A will take conventional physical therapy and brain gym exercises

Conventional physical therapy program OTHER

Conventional physical therapy program includes: Balance from standing Sit to stand Standing balance One leg standing Ball kicking Reaching out Pick up objects outside the stability limit Gait training Walking sideways Walking backwards Obstacle course walking and stair climbing Brain gym exercises include: Energy exercise: Drinking water Brain buttons Midlinemovements: Cross crawl Lazy eight Belly breathing exercise Deepening attitude: Hook- ups Lengthening activities: Arm activation The owl Calf pump

Group B the control group will take only conventional physical therapy; group A will take conventional physical therapy and brain gym exercises

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 6 Years - 8 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Children with spastic diplegia who have balance problems in standing and gait.
• Degree of spasticity ranges from 1 and 1+, according to modified Ashworth scale (MAS) .
• The age of children will range from 6 to 8 years old. 4-The height of children will be at least one meter. 5- Children are levels I and II according to GMFCS (Gross Motor Classification System ).

You may not qualify if:

• Children with visual or auditory problems.
• Children with intellectual disability.
• Children have been injected with Botox injection or have done surgery in the last 6 months.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Cairo University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Faculty of physical therapy cairo university

Cairo, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Egypt

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Cerebral Palsy

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

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

Study Officials

• Hagar Mohamed Awaad, Assistant lecturer

  Cairo University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Hebatallah Mohamed Kamal, Professor

CONTACT

+201065263619; heba.kamal@pt.cu.edu.eg

Maya Galal Abd-Alwahab, Assistant professor

CONTACT

+201141904589; maya.galal@pt.cu.edu.eg

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: Assistant lecturer

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 28, 2026
• First Posted: February 27, 2026
• Study Start: December 1, 2025
• Primary Completion: June 1, 2026
• Study Completion: June 1, 2026
• Last Updated: February 27, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-01

Locations

EG (1)