Effect of Core Stability Exercises on Hand Functions in Children With Hemiparesis

Cerebral Palsy Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effect of Core Stability Exercises on Hand Functions in Children With Hemiparesis

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04246645
• Other study ID #: Hana 2
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: January 22, 2020
• Est. completion date: March 31, 2020

Study information

• Verified date: January 2021
• Source: Badr University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Background: Impaired upper extremity is the major disability facing the children with hemiplegia as the inability to use hands for reach; grasp and manipulation affect their daily life activities. little attention has been given to gain perspective about abnormal movements that are detectable in hemiplegic cerebral palsy that are related to one's level of core stability and how they affect their hand functions.

Description:

Background: Impaired upper extremity is the major disability facing the children with hemiplegia as the inability to use hands for reach; grasp and manipulation affect their daily life activities. little attention has been given to gain perspective about abnormal movements that are detectable in hemiplegic cerebral palsy that are related to one's level of core stability and how they affect their hand functions.

Objective: The purpose was to investigate the effectivness of core stability exercises on hand functions in hemiplegic cerebral palsy.

Methods: Thirty hemiparetic cerebral palsied children of both sexes, ranged in age from 6 to 8 years enrolled in this study. They randomly assigned into two groups of equal number. Group (A) received the selective physiotherapy exercises and group (B) received the same selective physiotherapy exercises program in addition to core stability exercises three times/week for 60 min for 12 weeks. Time motor performance, gross manual dexterity and skills of the upper extremity were assessed by using Jebsen Taylor Test (JTHFT), Box and Block Test (BBT) and Quality Upper Extremity Skill Test (QUEST) respectively before and after treatment.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 52
• Est. completion date: March 31, 2020
• Est. primary completion date: March 20, 2020
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 6 Years to 8 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• The level of gross motor function ranged from II to III, according to Gross Motor Function Classification System

• All participants are cognitively capable and competent of interpreting and following instructions

Exclusion Criteria:

• if they had fixed contractures or deformities of the spine, upper or lower extremities,

• visual or respiratory disorders, orthopedic surgery on their involved upper extremity;

• dorsal rhizotomy;

• botulinum toxin therapy in the upper extremity musculature during the past 6 months

• who wished to receive it within the period of study

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cerebral Palsy
• Paresis

Intervention

Other:
• CORE STABILITY EXERCISES
SELECTED CORE EXERCISES

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Egypt	Badr Univesity in Cairo (BUC)	Cairo

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
hanaa mohsen

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Egypt, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Jebsen Taylor Test	scale used to asses gross manual dexterity	Jebsen Taylor Test used to assess gross manual dexterity before the intervention and after three months of the intervention . the loweest score indicate improvement
Secondary	Box and Block Test	scale used to asses gross manual dexterity	Box and Block Test used to asses gross manual dexterity pre and after 3 months of intervension
Secondary	Quality Upper Extremity Skill Test	scale used to asses skills of the upper extremity	Quality Upper Extremity Skill Test scale used to asses skills of the upper extremity pre and after 3 months of intervension