Effect of Core Stability Excercises Program on Reaching in Children With Cerebral Palsy

March 30, 2022 updated by: Mai Elsayed Abbass, Cairo University

Purpose of the study:

To evaluate effect of core stability exercises program on upper limb reaching in children with spastic hemiparetic cerebral palsy.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Thirty spastic hemiparetic cerebral palsied children of both sexes will be selected from General hospitals and private centers in El-Minia government with the following criteria:

  1. The age of the selected children ranged from 3 To 6 years old.
  2. Degree of spasticity is ranging from 1 to 1+, according to modified Ashworth scale
  3. Children in study group will be treated using core stability exercises program in addition to traditional program and children in the control group will be treated using traditional physical therapy program.
  4. Trunk control measurement scale and pediatric reach test will be used to evaluate each child individually before and after 6 successive weeks of treatment, three times per week.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

30

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Egypt
      • Cairo, Egypt, 11432
        • Faculty of physical therapy, Cairo University

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

3 years to 6 years (Child)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. The age of the selected children ranged from 3 To 6 years old.
  2. Degree of spasticity is ranging from 1 to 1+, according to modified Ashworth scale(Bohannon and Smith, 1987).
  3. Children with hemiparetic cerebral palsy

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Fructures and fixed deformities

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: study group
Children in study group treated using core stability exercises program in addition to traditional program
Procedure: Core stability exercises program
Strengthening to the trunk muscles
Procedure: Traditional physical therapy program
Neurodevelopmental training excercises
Active Comparator: control group
Children in the control group treated using traditional physical therapy program.
Procedure: Traditional physical therapy program
Neurodevelopmental training excercises

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Pediatric reach test
Time Frame: assessment after 6 weeks of intervention
Reaching score
assessment after 6 weeks of intervention

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Cairo University

Investigators

  • Study Director: Mai Abbass, Ph.D., Cairo University

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

February 8, 2021

Primary Completion (Actual)

August 1, 2021

Study Completion (Actual)

August 8, 2021

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 23, 2022

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 30, 2022

First Posted (Actual)

April 7, 2022

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

April 7, 2022

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 30, 2022

Last Verified

March 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • P.T.REC/012/003125

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

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