Neuromuscular Mechanisms of Specific Trunk Interventions in Children With CP
ConditionChild Behavior
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age4-12
SponsorShirley Ryan AbilityLab
About this trial
Determine the effect of repeated pelvis perturbation training on trunk posture and locomotor function in children with CP.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Children with a diagnosis of bilateral spastic CP attributed to complications of prematurity, intracranial hemorrhage and periventricular leukmalacia according to the definition of Bax.
Children aged 4 to 12 years old without Botulinum toxin treatment within 6 months, and without surgeries (such as selective dorsal rhizotomy) within 12 months before the onset of the training.
Subjects will be able to remain seated without help for ≥10s.
GMFCS levels will be I to IV.
Disqualifiers
severe lower extremity contractures, fractures, osseous instabilities, osteoporosis.
severe disproportional bone growth.
unhealed skin lesions in the lower extremities.
thromboembolic diseases, cardiovascular instability.
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- robotic hippotherapy
- Conventional physical therapy
Treatment groups
44 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov