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This arm examines the effectiveness of VOJTA therapy in improving muscle tone, balance, and gross motor function in children with ataxic cerebral palsy",[13],"Behavioral: VOJTA",{"label":15,"type":16,"description":17,"interventionNames":18},"Group 2 \u002F Conventional Physical Therapy","ACTIVE_COMPARATOR","Participants in this arm will receive routine conventional physiotherapy commonly used for cerebral palsy rehabilitation. This includes Neurodevelopmental Therapy (NDT\u002FBobath-based methods), balance training, core strengthening, stretching, and functional task-oriented exercises. This arm serves as the comparison group.",[19],"Behavioral: Conventional Physical Therapy",[21,27],{"type":22,"name":23,"description":24,"armGroupLabels":25,"otherNames":26},"BEHAVIORAL","VOJTA","VOJTA therapy will be administered by a physiotherapist. The intervention involves mechanical stimulation of defined reflex zones located on the trunk and limbs while the child is in prone, supine, or side-lying postures. Stimulation elicits automatic reflex creeping or reflex rolling patterns that enhance trunk activation, postural control, coordination, and normalization of muscle tone. Treatment follows the standardized VOJTA protocol, applying precise direction, pressure, and duration of stimulation. The frequency will be 5 sessions per week for 8 weeks with duration of 30 minutes.",[9],null,{"type":22,"name":28,"description":29,"armGroupLabels":30,"otherNames":26},"Conventional Physical Therapy","Conventional physiotherapy includes evidence-based approaches commonly applied for cerebral palsy rehabilitation. This may include NDT\u002FBobath principles, balance and postural stability exercises, core strengthening, stretching, functional mobility training, and sensory-motor facilitation. No VOJTA stimulation will be used. All participants follow a standardized treatment protocol to ensure consistency. The frequency will be 5 sessions per week for 8 weeks with duration of 30 minutes.",[15],[32,37],{"name":33,"role":34,"phone":35,"phoneExt":26,"email":36},"Fareeha Ijaz fareeha, Masters","CONTACT","+923201014615","Fareehaijaz2018@gmail.com",{"name":38,"role":34,"phone":26,"phoneExt":39,"email":40},"Salwa Atta Salwa, supervisor","+923084579229","salwa.atta@ubas.edu.pk",[42],{"facility":43,"status":44,"city":45,"state":46,"zip":47,"country":48,"countryCode":49,"cosmosGeoPoint":50,"geoPoint":55,"contacts":26},"Department of Physical Therapy","RECRUITING","Lahore","Punjab Province","33351","Pakistan","PK",{"type":51,"coordinates":52},"Point",[53,54],74.35071,31.558,{"lat":54,"lon":53},{"type":57,"investigatorFullName":26,"investigatorTitle":26,"investigatorAffiliation":26,"oldNameTitle":26,"oldOrganization":26},"SPONSOR","100615324","effects-of-vojta-technique-on-ataxic-cerebral-palsy-100615324",false,"NCT07291128","Effects of VOJTA Technique on Ataxic Cerebral Palsy.","Effects of VOJTA Technique on Muscle Tone, Gross Motor Function and Balance on Ataxic Cerebral Palsy.","Inclusion Criteria:\n\nBoth male and female participants would be included\n\nChildren diagnosed with ataxic cerebral palsy.\n\nAge range of participants will be 2 to 6 years old.\n\nParticipants included will be at level 2 on gross motor function classification scale.\n\nParticipants included will have ATNR reflex.\n\nStable medical condition for the past three months with no hospitalizations.\n\nExclusion Criteria:\n\nPresence of severe comorbidities i.e. neurological or orthopedic conditions.\n\nPatients having significant cognitive deficits\n\nDown syndrome, hydrocephalus, epilepsy, autism and medically ill children\n\nChildren with visual or auditory deficits affecting postural control and balance assessment.\n\nOngoing pharmacological treatment (e.g., muscle relaxants or antiepileptic) likely to influence muscle tone or motor function during the study period","ALL","2 Years","6 Years",{"count":69,"type":70},40,"ESTIMATED","INTERVENTIONAL",[73],"NA","Ataxic cerebral palsy (CP) is the least common subtype of CP and it is primarily caused by cerebellar damage that results in hypotonia, impaired balance, poor coordination, tremors, wide-based gait, and significant difficulties in trunk stability and uncontrolled movements. These impairments greatly affect functional mobility and independence in life. This randomized controlled trial aims to evaluate the effects of VOJTA therapy on muscle tone, gross motor function, and postural control in children with ataxic CP aged 2-6 years. VOJTA therapy is based on reflex locomotion, which activates innate central motor programs by stimulating specific pressure zones in defined positions, potentially improving postural alignment and coordinated muscle activation. A total of 40 children will be randomly assigned to either the VOJTA therapy group or a conventional physiotherapy group. Both groups will receive total of 5 sessions per week for 8 weeks and the Outcomes will be measured at baseline, 4 weeks, and 8 weeks using the Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS) for muscle tone, Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM-88) for gross motor function and Pediatric balance scale for for balance. This study hypothesizes that VOJTA therapy will produce greater improvements in muscle tone, gross motor function and balance as compared to conventional physical therapy techniques. Findings may support evidence-based rehabilitation strategies for ataxic CP and contribute to improved functional independence and quality of life in this understudied population.",[76],"Ataxic Cerebral Palsy",[78,79,80,81,82],"vojta","muscle tone","ataxic cerebral palsy","gross motor function","balance","2025-12-23",{"date":85,"type":86},"2025-12-30","ACTUAL",{"date":88,"type":86},"2025-12-08",{"date":90,"type":70},"2026-05",{"name":5,"class":6},1]