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NCT Number: NCT05579535

Effect of Weight on Hip Excursion During Gait

Background: Children with diplegia had considerably larger hip and knee excursion during gait cycle than did normal developing children.

Objective: To investigate the effect of using weight around the ankle on hip excursion in children with diplegia.

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Key information

Conditions

Gait, Spastic Body Weight Gait Disorders, Neurologic Nervous System Diseases Neurologic Manifestations Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms

Age range

7 year–10 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Nahla

Giza, Egypt

About this study

Fifty children with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy were assigned into two groups at random (A, B). Both groups had received the same prescribed exercise program with classical gait training for group A and gait training while using weight around ankle for group B. Treatment was conducted for one hour three sessions per week for successive 3 months. Two-dimensional (2D) gait analysis was used to evaluate hip excursion throughout the gait cycle before and after three months of therapy.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • able to follow simple basic commands,
  • identified with gait abnormalities described as level II on Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS).
  • diagnosed as spastic diplegia.

Exclusion criteria

  • severe visual or auditory problems,
  • lower limb surgical orthopaedic surgery or
  • BOTOX injection in the six months preceding the start of the study,
  • and uncontrolled seizures.

Treatment and study plan

Gait training exercises

Other

walking exercises in different directions

Other names: gait rehabilitation

Primary outcomes

  1. hip excursion

    Time frame: 3 months

    hip excursion during gait cycle

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Cairo University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Effect of Weight on Hip Excursion During Gait in Children With Diplegia

Important dates

Study start
2022
Primary completion
2022
Study completion
2022
First posted
Oct 13, 2022
Registry last updated
Oct 13, 2022

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