Relationship Between Isometric Muscle Strength and Gross Motor Function in Children With Unilateral Cerebral Palsy

Cerebral Palsy Clinical Trial

Official title:

Relationship Between Isometric Muscle Strength and Gross Motor Function in Children With Unilateral Cerebral Palsy

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05614167
• Other study ID #: Omnya3
• Status: Completed
• Start date: November 7, 2022
• Est. completion date: February 12, 2023

Study information

• Verified date: April 2023
• Source: Badr University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational [Patient Registry]

Clinical Trial Summary

Muscle strength can be defined as the ability of skeletal muscle to develop force for the purpose of providing stability and mobility within the musculoskeletal system, so that functional movement can take place.

Description:

Cerebral palsy describes a group of disorders of the development of movement and posture, causing activity limitation, that are attributed to non-progressive disturbances that occurred in the developing fatal or infant brain. The motor disorders of cerebral palsy are often accompanied by disturbances of sensation, cognition, communication, perception, and/or behaviour, and/or by a seizure disorder

The development and changes in motor function, both natural and with therapy, can be assessed using the Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM) created for children with CP

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 97
• Est. completion date: February 12, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: January 12, 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 6 Years to 12 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Their age between 6 and 12 years old.

2. Grade 1and 2 according to the Modified Ashworth scale (RW and Smith, 1987).

3. They could walk with limitation or holding on according to GMFCS (level I, II) (Palisano et al., 1997).

4. They were able to understand and follow verbal instructions.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Children with any visual or auditory problems.

2. Children with any surgical interference in the lower limb.

3. Children with any structural deformities in joints and bones of lower limbs.

4. Children with any special medications affecting muscle functions (anti-spastic drugs).

5. Children who suffer from other diseases or associated disorders that interfered with physical activity.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cerebral Palsy
• Hemiplegia
• Paralysis

Intervention

Other:
• correlation
A total of 97 children with CP between the ages of six and 12 years participated in the study. Muscle strength was measured with a handheld dynamometer. Motor function in children with CP was classified with the Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS), graded with the Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM)

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Egypt	Badr University	Cairo

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Badr University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Egypt, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Gross motor function measure	standing and walking domain	3 months
Primary	Isometric muscle strength	a handheld dynamometer	3 months