Study of a Stationary Cycling Intervention for Children With Spastic Diplegic Cerebral Palsy — PEDALS  

Spastic Diplegic Cerebral Palsy Clinical Trial

Official title: Pediatric Endurance and Limb Strengthening (PEDALS)

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

The study is about the effect of an exercise program using stationary bicycling for children with the spastic diplegic form of cerebral palsy. Spastic diplegia is a type of cerebral palsy that involves spasticity or "tightness" of the leg muscles. We hope to learn whether this type of exercise will allow the children to develop improved strength in the muscles that bend and straighten their knees, enhance their level of physical fitness, improve their ability to walk and improve their ability to perform other activities that are important to them. We hypothesize that children who participate in the stationary cycling intervention will gain strength in the muscles that bend and straighten their knees, will be able to complete a 600 yard walk run test (a test of endurance) more rapidly, and will improve their score on a test of function called the Gross Motor Function Measure (a test designed specifically for children with cerebral palsy).

Clinical Trial Description

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Study Design

Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cerebral Palsy
• Muscle Spasticity
• Spastic Diplegic Cerebral Palsy

• NCT number: NCT00401154
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: University of Southern California
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 2003
• Completion date: March 2006