Validity of the Kinematic Classification of Gait in Diplegic Children With Cerebral Palsy (CP)

Cerebral Palsy Clinical Trial

Official title:

Validity of the Kinematic Classification of Gait in Diplegic Children With Cerebral Palsy

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01158833
• Other study ID #: UDGEE_2010_classdipl
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: July 6, 2010
• Last updated: June 26, 2014
• Start date: April 2010
• Est. completion date: November 2010

Study information

• Verified date: June 2014
• Source: University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Italy: Ministry of Health
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

In recent years Ferrari et al. proposed a new classification of gait in diplegic children with spastic diplegia that describes four different patterns of gait by analyzing the strategies that each children adopts to need his/her needs to walk. The investigators believe that this classification provides the clinician with clinically meaningful information in terms of coping strategies adopted to maximize the ability to walk.

The aim of this study is to determine the criterion validity of the new classification of the pattern of gait in children with spastic diplegia by correlating pattern of diplegic gait with the score of the Functional performance measure.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 86
• Est. completion date: November 2010
• Est. primary completion date: September 2010
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 12 Years to 17 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• diplegia and CP;

Exclusion Criteria:

• severe mental retardation attested by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of mental disorders IV

• pharmaco-resistant epilepsy

• behavioural disorders

Study Design

Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Retrospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cerebral Palsy
• Diplegia, Spastic

Intervention

Other:
• classification of gait in diplegic children with CP
To determine the criterion validity of the classification of the pattern of diplegic gait proposed by Ferrari et al. we correlated gait patterns with the score of the FMS.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Italy	Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova	Reggio Emilia	RE

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia	Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova-IRCCS

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Italy, 

References & Publications (3)

Cioni G, Lodesani M, Pascale R, Coluccini M, Sassi S, Paolicelli PB, Perazza S, Ferrari A. The term diplegia should be enhanced. Part II: contribution to validation of the new rehabilitation oriented classification. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2008 Jun;44(2):203-11. — View Citation

Ferrari A, Alboresi S, Muzzini S, Pascale R, Perazza S, Cioni G. The term diplegia should be enhanced. Part I: a new rehabilitation oriented classification of cerebral palsy. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2008 Jun;44(2):195-201. — View Citation

Pascale R, Perazza S, Borelli G, Bianchini E, Alboresi S, Paolicelli PB, Ferrari A, Cioni G. The term diplegia should be enhanced. Part III: inter-observer reliability of the new rehabilitation oriented classification. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2008 Jun;44(2):213-20. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Functional Mobility Scale (FMS)	correlation between the new classification of diplegic gait and the FMS which classifies the functional mobility in children	at the age of 12 to 17 years	No