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NCT Number: NCT05644652

Effect of Nordic Walking on Gait-asymmetry Patterns in Children With Hemiparesis

Nordic walking is a physical activity consisting of walking with poles similar to ski poles. The poles are designed for the purpose of activating the upper body during walking. The poles are equipped with rubber or spike tips and the walking itself resembles.

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Key information

Conditions

Cerebral Palsy Brain Damage, Chronic Brain Diseases Central Nervous System Diseases Nervous System Diseases

Age range

6 year–10 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Cairo University

Giza, Egypt

About this study

Compared to normal walking in Nordic walking there is a stronger involvement of the upper body. Furthermore, by using the poles, the muscles in the upper body can be activated, and the length of each step taken is supposedly increased, resulting in a faster gait .

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Their age will range from 6-10 years, from both sexes.
  • Level I, II and III of gross motor functional classification system (GMFCS) (Jooyeon et al., 2011)
  • Grade 1 and 1+ spasticity according to the Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS). (Cloptonetal et al., 2005).

Exclusion criteria

  • Uncontrolled epilepsy.
  • Mental retardation or autistic features.
  • Significant visual or auditory problems according to medical reports (audio-vestibular and ophthalmic examination),
  • Structural or fixed soft tissue deformities of the lower and/or upper extremities.
  • Neurological or orthopedic surgery in the past 12 months in the lower and/or upper extremities.
  • Botox injection in the lower and/or upper extremities in the past 6 months.

Treatment and study plan

Designed physical therapy program

Other

it will be applied for for 60 min weekly for 3 successive months in the form of three sets of exercises (15minutes each) as follows:

  • Flexibility exercises to restore joint mobility of soft tissues.
  • Static and dynamic balance exercises
  • Functional strengthening exercises.
  • Functional gait training.

nordic walking

Other

it will be conducted according to the guidelines of the International Nordic Walking Federation

Primary outcomes

  1. Assessment of gait

    Time frame: after 3 successive months

    The gait parameters will be assessed by kinovea software. Kinovea, free 2D motion analysis software, was created in 2009 via the non-profit collaboration of several researchers, athletes, coaches and programmers from all over the world. It enables the analysis of distances, angles, coordinates and spatial-temporal parameters frame by frame from a video recording. These measurements can be made from different perspectives, since the software carries out calibrations in non-perpendicular planes to the camera-object line analyzed. spatio-temporal parameters will be measured

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Cairo University

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2023
Primary completion
2024
Study completion
2024
First posted
Dec 9, 2022
Registry last updated
Mar 31, 2026

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