Spastic Cerebral Palsy and Slackline

Spastic Cerebral Palsy Clinical Trial

— SCPSLACK  

Official title:

The Slackline as a Rehabilitation Tool for Children and Teenagers With Spastic Cerebral Palsy: a Randomised Clinical Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03486483
• Other study ID #: No. 53/2014
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: March 18, 2018
• Last updated: April 2, 2018
• Start date: April 1, 2015
• Est. completion date: May 15, 2016

Study information

• Verified date: March 2018
• Source: University of Oviedo
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of the present study was to assess whether supervised slackline training improves postural control in children and teenagers with spastic cerebral palsy (grade I and II of the Gross Motor Function Classification System).

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 27
• Est. completion date: May 15, 2016
• Est. primary completion date: April 1, 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Diagnosis with any expression of spastic cerebral palsy and rated I-II on the Gross Motor Functional classification.

• Between 9 and 16 years of age.

• Ability to cooperate with simple instructions.

• Able to stand for at least 2 min without assistance.

• Able to walk at least 10 m without assistance.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Individuals were excluded if they underwent neuro or orto surgery during or up to one year prior to the study, botulinum toxin injection or intrathecal pump during or up to six months prior to the study and/or rotational osteotomies, if they expressed gait deviations limited by musculoskeletal contracture, presented specific medical or orthopedic conditions that precluded exercising

• or if they did not meet the eligibility criteria.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cerebral Palsy
• Muscle Spasticity
• Paralysis
• Spastic Cerebral Palsy

Intervention

Other:
• Exercise
Intervention included 18 slackline rehabilitation sessions for 6 weeks: 3 sessions per week on non-consecutive days, 30 min each one.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Luis Santos

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Static posturography (a composite measure).	The centre of pressure (CoP) parameters (these CoP parameters; Length, Xmean, Ymean, Xdeviation and Ydeviation in mm, Area in mm2 and Speed, Xspeed and Yspeed in m/s will be combined to report the static posturography).	6 weeks.
Secondary	Myoelectrical activity.	Soles, Tibialis Anterior and Peroneus Longus (myoelectrical activity in microvolts).	6 weeks.
Secondary	Jump Performance	Countermovement Jump Test and Abalakov´s Test (jump height in cm).	6 weeks.