Role of Kinesiotape Over Dorsi Flexors Muscles on Balance in Children With Spastic Diplegia

Role of Kinesiotape Over Dorsi Flexors Muscles on Balance in Children With Spastic Diplegia (Using Biodex Balance System)

To detect the effect of kinesio -tape on balance in children with spastic diplegia.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Cerebral Palsy
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: kinesio taping

Detailed Description

The use of Kinesio Taping might influence the cutaneous receptors of the sensory motor system, resulting in the improvement of voluntary control and coordination in a physiotherapy program for children with CP. (Yasukawa et al., 2006).

The study will be conducted To investigate the effect of kinesiotape applied on dorsi fexors muscles on improving balance in spastic diplegic children .

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 30
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Egypt
  • Cairo, Egypt
    • Cairo Univeristy

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 4 years to 10 years (CHILD)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• • Thirty children with spastic diplegia of both genders participated in this study.

  • Theywere selected from the out-patient clinic, faculty of physical therapy, Cairo University.
  • Children height not less than 1 meter to be able to see the screen of the biodex balance system.
  • Their agehad ranged from 4 to 8 years.
  • All patients have mild spasticity according to modified Aschwar scale grade 1 &1+ (Alhusaini, 2010) presented in (Appendix I).
  • All patients wereable to stand alone GMFM presented in (Appendix II).
  • They could understand and follow instructions.
  • All Children used Ankle Foot Orthosis.

Exclusion Criteria:

• • Children with visual or auditory problems.

  • Children with positive sensitivity to kinesiotape.
  • Children with irrivisable muscle contracture at the calf muscles.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Interventional Model: PARALLEL
• Masking: NONE

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
ACTIVE_COMPARATOR: control group; 15 diplegic children received regular exercise program including balance exercise	Other: kinesio taping; apply kinesio taping on dorsi flexors muscles
EXPERIMENTAL: study group; 15 diplegic children recieved regular exercise program plus putting kinesiotape	Other: kinesio taping; apply kinesio taping on dorsi flexors muscles

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
effect of K-Tape on balance	effect of using K-Tape on dorsi flexors to see its effect on balance	three months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Cairo University
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: I, Cairo University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (ACTUAL): February 10, 2019
• Primary Completion (ACTUAL): August 11, 2019
• Study Completion (ACTUAL): October 13, 2019

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: January 22, 2020
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 26, 2020
• First Posted (ACTUAL): January 28, 2020

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ACTUAL): January 28, 2020
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 26, 2020
• Last Verified: December 1, 2017

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Brain Diseases; Central Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Diseases; Brain Damage, Chronic; Cerebral Palsy
• Other Study ID Numbers: peadiatrics 123

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No