Role of Dynamic Movement Intervention in Children with Spastic Diplegia

February 10, 2025 updated by: Mahmoud Abdel Aziz Abdel Aziz Awara, Cairo University

Efficacy of Dynamic Movement Intervention on Children with Spastic Diplegia

The study aims to investigate the effect of dynamic movement intervention approach on static and dynamic balance, quality of step length and cadence of walking pattern of children with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy.

Study Overview

Status

Recruiting

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

40

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 Contact

Study Locations

  • Egypt
      • Cairo, Egypt
        • Recruiting
        • 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

  • Child

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion criteria:

  • Age ranged from 4-7 years.
  • They can walk alone short distance and climb stairs holding on rail (Grade I & II according to GMFCS).
  • They can understand and execute instructions.
  • They will be medically stable.
  • Degree of spasticity will be ranged from 1 to 1+ degree according to the Modified Ashworth Scale.

Exclusion criteria:

  • Visual impairment (visual loss- cataract- myopia- hyperopia).
  • Hearing impairment (deafness)
  • Cognitive problem.
  • Uncontrolled Convulsions.
  • Orthopedic surgery for the affected lower limbs within one year.
  • Botulinum toxin injection within the last 6 months or within the study period.

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: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Dynamic movement intervention based group.
Other: Dynamic Movement Intervention
Dynamic movement intervention is a physical therapy approach for infants suffering abnormal developmental motor evolution caused by a known or unknown non-degenerative syndrome affecting the central nervous system
Experimental: Selective physical therapy program based group.
Other: Dynamic Movement Intervention
Dynamic movement intervention is a physical therapy approach for infants suffering abnormal developmental motor evolution caused by a known or unknown non-degenerative syndrome affecting the central nervous system

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Effect of Dynamic movement intervention on balance and quality of walking of the study group compared to control group, measured using Humac Balance System.
Time Frame: Baseline

Effect of Dynamic movement intervention on balance and quality of walking of the study group compared to control group with different intervention.

As balance will be assessed using Humac Balance System.
Baseline

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

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 (Estimated)

March 1, 2025

Primary Completion (Estimated)

August 1, 2025

Study Completion (Estimated)

September 1, 2025

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

February 12, 2024

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 19, 2024

First Posted (Actual)

February 21, 2024

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

March 25, 2025

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 10, 2025

Last Verified

February 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • DMI in Spastic Diplegia

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

product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.

No

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