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NCT Number: NCT06676332

Effect of Multisensory Motor Imagery Training on Muscle Performance and Coordination in Children With Spastic Diplegia

PURPOSE:

The current study aims to:

* Determine the effect of multisensory motor imagery training on muscle performance including (peak torque, work, power) of trunk and knee flexors and extensors in children with spastic diplegia. * Determine the effect of multisensory motor imagery training on coordination, strength and agility in children with spastic diplegia.

BACKGROUND: Multisensory motor imagery training has an effect on muscle performance and coordination in children with spastic diplegia

HYPOTHESES: There will be no effect of multisensory motor imagery training on muscle performance, coordination and strength and agility in children with spastic diplegic CP.

RESEARCH QUESTION: Is there an effect of multisensory motor imagery training on coordination, strength and agility in children with spastic diplegia?

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Key information

Conditions

Spastic Diplegia Brain Damage, Chronic Brain Diseases Central Nervous System Diseases Cerebral Palsy Motor Imagery Nervous System Diseases

Age range

8 year–12 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Mayada Elshahawy

Cairo, Egypt

Location status: Recruiting

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Their age will be ranged from 8-12 years.
  • Mild degree of spasticity ranged from 1 to 1+ according to Modified Ashworth Scale
  • Their motor function will be at level I and II according to Gross Motor Function Classification System GMFCS
  • They will be able to follow instructions during evaluation and treatment.

Exclusion criteria

  • - Cardiovascular or respiratory disorders.
  • Botulinium muscular injection in the last 6 months
  • Surgical interference in lower limbs and/or spine.
  • Muscloskeletal problems or fixed deformities in the spine and/or lower extremities.
  • Seizures.
  • Visual or hearing impairment

Treatment and study plan

Motor Imagery Training

Other

Children in the study group will receive multisensory motor imagery training program 45 minutes. The training protocol consists of several parts that will be run through every training session according to Kumar et al. (2016):

  • Watching videos of selected multisensory motor skills for 10 minutes.
  • Mental rehearsal of these motor skills 10 minutes.
  • Overt practice of the multisensory motor skills for 25 minutes. On the videos, the performance of the skill by a child aged 8-12 years will be shown. All the exercises will be looped to repeat for six to seven times. While projecting the video on the laptop screen, it will be ensured that the children are in a comfortable seating position and the screen is in their visual field. Repetition of the exercises was based on their ability which could be a minimum of five repetitions per session to a maximum of ten repetitions per exercise session.

Other names: mental rehearsal exercises

Traditional Physical therapy

Other

traditional physical therapy training program

Primary outcomes

  1. muscle performance

    Time frame: through study completion average 3 months

    muscle performance of knee and trunk muscles will be assessed by Isokinetic dynamometer

  2. coordination

    Time frame: through study completion average 3 months

    coordination ill be assessed using BOT-2

Study contacts

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

Mayada Elshahawy

CONTACT

[email protected]

0201095022909

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Cairo University

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2024
Primary completion
2025
Study completion
2025
First posted
Nov 6, 2024
Registry last updated
Feb 18, 2025

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