Effects of Dosing and Environment on Gross Motor and Spasticity in Spastic Quadriplegic

Spastic Cerebral Palsy Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effects of Therapeutic Dosing Through Enriched Environment on Gross Motor Function and Spasticity in Spastic Quadriplegic Cerebral Palsy

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05418192
• Other study ID #: REC-UOL-/74-03/2022
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: January 3, 2022
• Est. completion date: September 30, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: January 2023
• Source: University of Lahore
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study focuses on how enriched environment along with the traditional physical therapy improves the gross motor function in spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy children. And how much dosing is required to gain that clinically significant improvement.

Description:

There is still a blurred area regarding dosage parameter in cerebral palsy rehabilitation. This study is focused primarily on the fact that level appropriate selection of time, type, frequency, and intensity of intervention (sensory and motor) plays a very vital role in developing gross motor functions. Secondly it is very important to establish the impact of enriched environmental inputs and foster parent capacity as an early intervention taking into account cerebral palsy (CP) specific positioning and handling along with level appropriate sensory inputs.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 82
• Est. completion date: September 30, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: September 30, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 7 Months to 5 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

Age Group between 7 months to 5 years.

• Spastic Quadriplegia
• Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) level IV and V
• Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS): level 2
• Both Gender

Exclusion Criteria:

• History of fits
• Medications
• Dislocation and fracture
• Visual/Auditory Impairment
• Patients taking therapy from multiple places

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cerebral Palsy
• Muscle Spasticity
• Spastic Cerebral Palsy

Intervention

Other:
• Enriched Environment
Enriched Environment (EE) consisted of motor and sensory enriched play environment to promote participant's self-generated movements, exploration and task success. EE also included positioning in a graded manner. Visual stimulus and level appropriate vestibular stimulus was also given. Dosing of positioning and sensory inputs was done throughout the therapy. Primary Intervention will be given for 20 to 25 minutes intermittently for period of 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week for 24 weeks.
• Traditional Physcial Therapy
Participants of this group received traditional physical therapy based NDT. No additional dosing guidance was given to this group. No home program was specifically assigned to this group. No specific environmental modifications were made for this group.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Pakistan	The University of Lahore Teaching Hospital	Lahore	Punjab

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Lahore

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Pakistan, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Gross Motor Function	To check the improvement in gross motor function on Gross Motor Functional Measure scale of spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy children. The scoring system of this scale is divided into five dimensions of gross motor function:(a) lying and rolling, (b) sitting, (c) crawling and kneeling, (d) standing, and (e) walking, running and jumping. The scoring is done on four points: 0=does not initiate; = initiates; = partially completes; = completes Higher scores mean better outcome whereas low scores show little to no improvement in gross motor function.	5 months
Secondary	Spasticity	To check the improvement in spasticity on Modified Ashworth Scale scale in spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy children. The Modified Ashworth Scale is a 6-point scale. Scores range from 0 to 4, where lower scores represent normal muscle tone and higher scores represent spasticity or increased resistance to passive movement.	5 months