NCT04981964

Altered Back Geometry and Mobility Function After Backward Walking Training in Children With Cerebral Palsy

Completed NA Last updated 25 May 2022

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Exercise training in Cerebral Palsy, Spastic in 33 participants. Completed in 30 October 2021.

Timeline

1 August 2021

Primary endpoint
30 October 2021

30 October 2021

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Cairo University
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	double
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	33
Start date	1 August 2021
Primary completion	30 October 2021
Estimated completion	30 October 2021
Sites	1 location across Egypt

Drugs / interventions tested

• Exercise training

Conditions studied

• Cerebral Palsy, Spastic — all drugs for Cerebral Palsy, Spastic →

Sponsor

Cairo University

Who can join

Adults 5 to 7, any sex, with Cerebral Palsy, Spastic. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

PURPOSE: To assess the effect of backward walking training on back geometry and mobility function in children with hemiparetic cerebral palsy through a comparative analysis with forward walking training.

BACKGROUND:

Spinal deformities are important orthopaedic problems among children with cerebral palsy. A detailed evaluation of all these areas when the child first arrives for treatment is essential. The majority of research in children with CP is focused on assessment and treatment of upper and lower extremities. In contrast, literature on trunk control in children with CP is scarce. Although proximal trunk control is a prerequisite for improving balance and weight symmetry, there is a lack of studies that reported the role of forward and backward walking training in treating the trunk for children with CP. Therefore, the purpose of this study will investigate the role of backward walking training in addition to conventional physiotherapy program on back geometry and mobility function in children with spastic hemiparetic cerebral palsy.

HYPOTHESES: The null hypothesis of this study could be stated as: There will be no statistically significant difference in back geometry and mobility function after adding backward walking training to conventional physical therapy program in spastic hemiparetic cerebral palsy children compared with forward walking training.

RESEARCH QUESTION: Do adding backward walking training to conventional physical therapy program improves back geometry and functional mobility in children with hemiparetic cerebral palsy?

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial. Completed trials usually publish results within 12-18 months.