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

Cerebral Palsy Clinical Trial

Official title:

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

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05316090
• Other study ID #: P.T.REC/012/003125
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: February 8, 2021
• Est. completion date: August 8, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: March 2022
• Source: Cairo University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Purpose of the study:

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

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 30
• Est. completion date: August 8, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: August 1, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 3 Years to 6 Years

Eligibility

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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cerebral Palsy

Intervention

Procedure:
• Core stability exercises program
Strengthening to the trunk muscles
• Traditional physical therapy program
Neurodevelopmental training excercises

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Egypt	Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University	Cairo

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Cairo University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Egypt, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Pediatric reach test	Reaching score	assessment after 6 weeks of intervention