Effect of Pilates Exercises on Gross Motor Function and Balance

Effect of Pilates Exercises on Gross Motor Function and Balance in Children With Diplegic Cerebral Palsy

the study aimed to asses the effect of Pilate exercise on motor function and balance in diplegic children

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: to Determine the Effect of Pilate's Exercises on Gross Motor Function and Balance
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: PILATES EXERCISES

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 40
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Egypt
  • Cairo, Egypt
    • Badr Univesity in Cairo (BUC)

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 7 years to 9 years (Child)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• 7 to 9 years,
• mild spasticity of lower limb
• able to understand and follow instructions

Exclusion Criteria:

• fixed contracture
• visual or respiratory disorders,

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: CONTROL GROUP; The control group will receive flexibility exercises and strength training focusing on the trunk and lower limb muscles, postural control exercise in different positions and different surfaces and general endurance training . Control group will receive intervention in the form of five minutes warm up followed by 12 minutes of walking at their comfortable pace and concluded with a five minutes cool down
Experimental: EXPERMINTAL GROUP; The experimental group will obtain Pilate exercises, consist of strengthening,stretching and coordinated exercises on lower and trunk muscle	Other: PILATES EXERCISES; The experimental group will receive Pilates exercises focusing on lower limb strength, flexibility and coordination in addition to exercises given to control group. Exercises or movements were done on a mat, on an exercise ball or in standing position while emphasizing on spinal and pelvic alignment, maintaining core contraction and the rhythm of respiration. All exercises were done for 10 repetitions with a rest period of two minutes before commencing the next exercise, and lasted for about 45 minutes. All the groups will receive the above mentioned interventions thrice in a week for a period of 10 week

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
The Pediatric Balance Scale	The PBS is a modified version of the Berg balance scale, which is designed to evaluate balance in children with mild to moderate motor impairment. Fifty-six points is the maximum score . This scale evaluates performance of fourteen activities common in everyday life.	pre and after 10 week of intervention, the maximum score is 56, so increase the score indicate improvement

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Gross motor function	gross motor function consist of 5 dimensions.	pre and after 10 week of intervension. increase the percentage indicate improvement

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Badr University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): November 3, 2020
• Primary Completion (Actual): January 1, 2021
• Study Completion (Actual): January 31, 2021

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: October 28, 2020
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 3, 2020
• First Posted (Actual): November 4, 2020

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): June 15, 2021
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 13, 2021
• Last Verified: June 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: P.T.REC/012/002914

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: Undecided

Drug and device information, study documents

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