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NCT Number: NCT07611565

Comparison of Sensory Integration Therapy and Conventional Physical Therapy on Gross Motor Function in Children With Athetoid Cerebral Palsy: A Randomized Controlled Trial

This is an RCT aiming to explore the comparison of Sensory Integration Therapy and Conventional Physical Therapy on Gross Motor Function in Children with Athetoid Cerebral Palsy

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Key information

Conditions

Athetoid CP Brain Damage, Chronic Brain Diseases Central Nervous System Diseases Cerebral Palsy Cerebral Palsy (CP) Nervous System Diseases

Age range

6 year–12 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Free Birds Institute of Rehabilitation Sciences

Mansehra, KPK, Pakistan

Location status: Recruiting

Location contact

Nimra Faraz, DPT, MSPT Peads

CONTACT

[email protected]

+923139131372

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • • Diagnosis of athetoid cerebral palsy
  • Aged between 6 and 12 years
  • GMFCS Level I-III
  • MMSE score ≥ 24
  • Able to follow simple instructions

Exclusion criteria

  • • Other neurological or musculoskeletal disorders
  • Recent orthopedic or neurosurgical interventions
  • Severe visual or hearing impairment
  • Uncontrolled epilepsy

Treatment and study plan

Sensory Integration Therapy and Conventional Physical Therapy

Other

Three sessions per week for 6 weeks, Moderate Intensity, 45 minutes per session

Vestibular Control (5 minutes):

  • Slow linear swinging
  • Therapy-ball side shifts
  • Graded rocking

Proprioceptive Input (5 minutes):

  • Joint compression
  • Weighted pushing/pulling
  • Thera-band control tasks

Midline & Postural Stability (5 minutes):

  • Controlled reaching
  • Supported sitting on wedge/bolster
  • Trunk stabilization task

Tactile-Motor Integration (5 minutes):

Vestibular Control (5 minutes):

  • Slow linear swinging
  • Therapy-ball side shifts
  • Graded rocking

Proprioceptive Input (5 minutes):

  • Joint compression
  • Weighted pushing/pulling
  • Thera-band control tasks

Midline & Postural Stability (5 minutes):

  • Controlled reaching
  • Supported sitting on wedge/bolster
  • Trunk stabilization task

Tactile-Motor Integration (5 minutes):

Other names: SIT & CPT

Conventional physical therapy

Other

Three sessions per week for 6 weeks, Moderate Intensity, 45 minutes per session

  • Stretching (10 min):
  • Hamstrings, hip flexors, heel cord, trunk
  • Strengthening (15 min):
  • Core stabilization (bridging, supported plank),
  • LL strengthening (mini-squats, step training)
  • Balance Training (10 min):

Sitting on therapy ball with support, standing balance with controlled BOS

  • Gait & Functional Mobility (10 min):

Parallel bar gait Controlled stepping Sit-stand & kneeling Standing transitions

Other names: CPT

Primary outcomes

  1. Gross Motor Function Measure

    Time frame: Baseline to Last week

    GMFM-88

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Nimra Faraz, DPT, MSPT Peads

CONTACT

[email protected]

+923139131372

Sidra Hanif, DPT, MSNMPT, PhD PT

CONTACT

[email protected]

+923335985631

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Ibadat International University, Islamabad

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2026
Primary completion
2026
Study completion
2026
First posted
May 28, 2026
Registry last updated
May 28, 2026

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