Dual-task Training in Children With Cerebral Palsy

Cerebral Palsy Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effect of Dual-task Training on Activity and Participation in Children With Cerebral Palsy

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04777773
• Other study ID #: Ordu347
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: June 27, 2019
• Est. completion date: February 27, 2020

Study information

• Verified date: March 2021
• Source: T.C. ORDU ÜNIVERSITESI
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

There are studies investigating the dual-task effect in sitting, standing up without sitting and walking in children with spastic CP. Some of these studies investigated motor-motor, some of them motor-cognitive dual-task states, and children with CP were compared to typically developing children. In all these studies, it is clearly seen that children with CP have more dual-task complexities than their typically developing peers. Some of these studies draw attention to dual-task education in children with CP. However, other than a randomized controlled study and a case report in the literature, we did not find any studies investigating the effectiveness of dual-task training in children with CP. When the literature is examined in detail, there is no study that examines the effect of dual-task exercise programs on walking activities and children's participation in daily life in children with CP. This study has been planned based on this deficiency in the literature. Based on ICF, This study has been planned dual-task training for children with CP.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 25
• Est. completion date: February 27, 2020
• Est. primary completion date: February 27, 2020
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 7 Years to 18 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Being diagnosed with cerebral palsy,
• Having spastic type unilateral and bilateral involvement,
• Being between the ages of 7-18,
• Being GMFCSS Level I and Level II,
• Continuing normal education (not being a mainstreaming student),
• Not having any surgical operation involving the musculoskeletal system in the last 6 months,
• Not having Botulinum Toxin application in the last 6 months.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Failing to accomplish the cognitive task (starting from a number between 0-100 and not counting back 1 each)
• Being a behavioral problem that makes it difficult to participate in the study,
• Inability to walk without support

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Activity, Motor
• Cerebral Palsy
• Diplegia
• Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy
• Paralysis
• Participation, Patient
• Physical Disability

Intervention

Other:
• dual-task training
dual-task training

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Ordu Uni	Ordu

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Sema BÜGÜSAN ORUÇ

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	10m walking test	10m walking test (the speed of gait is measured)	5 min
Primary	10m walking test with dual-task	10m walking test with dual-task (the speed of gait is measured) (dual- task is counting backwards)	5 min
Primary	10m backward walking test	10m backward walking test (the speed of gait is measured)	5 min
Primary	10m backward walking test with dual-task	10m backward walking test with dual-task (the speed of gait is measured) (dual- task is counting backwards)	5 min
Primary	balance	Balance skills of participators are assessed with 'Pediatric Berg Balance' .	15 min
Primary	participation of daily life	Participation of daily life of children are assessed with PODCI questionnaire.	15 min
Primary	Visual Gait Assessment	Participators' positions of joints are assessed with Edinburg Visual Score. Children walked 10m walking pathway. The camera records were frontside, backward, and laterals.	10 min