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NCT Number: NCT05609422

Scooter Board Activities in Diplegic Cerebral Palsy

Children with CP may have muscle weakness, changes in mobility, posture, muscle tone, motor coordination and deficits in postural control. These changes, individually or collectively, affect psychomotor function. As a result, activities that are performed quickly and readily by healthy children may be difficult and time-consuming for children with CP.

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Key information

Conditions

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

Age range

7 year–11 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Badr University

Badr, Cairo Governorate, 002, Egypt

About this study

Similar vestibular stimulation can be provided with ascooter-board which requires more active participation on the part of the child. A scooter-board is simply a wooden board mounted on four castors so that it can roll freely and spin in any direction, it should be big enough to support the middle part of the body while the head, upper chest and legs hang off the ends.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • CP with a diplegia
  • Age 7 to 11 years
  • Grade 1and 2 according to the Modified Ashworth scale (RW and Smith, 1987).
  • They could walk with limitation or holding on according to GMFCS (level I&II &III) (Palisano et al., 1997).
  • They were able to understand and follow verbal instructions

Exclusion criteria

  • Children with any surgical interference in the upper limb.
  • intellectual disability such that simple tasks could not be understood or executed.
  • Children with any visual or auditory problems.
  • Children with any surgical interference in the lower limb.
  • Children with any structural deformities in joints and bones of lower limbs.
  • Children who suffer from other diseases or associated disorders that interfered with physical activity.

Treatment and study plan

physical therapy program

Other
  • Stretching exercises
  • Strength Training Kneeling exercises
  • Standing exercises
  • Gait Training

Scooter Board Activities

Other
  • Scooter board bear walk.
  • Scooter board crab walk.
  • Sitting on scooter board, use it to move forward and backward, move the pool rings from one end to another.
  • Cross sitting on scooter board, pulls along the rope using his/her hands
  • Sit with knees pulled into the chest (like a bug pose) and move around with arms only.
  • Prone over scooter board, pulling rope to move forward. Pull self along an anchored rope to retrieve items
  • Scooter rolls outs. Place knees on floor and hands holding the edge of the front scooter board. Push board out a few inches then pull back, the further you roll, the harder it gets.
  • Kneeling, Push self forward and backward with the use of a therapy ball (lots of Motor Planning).
  • Supine flexion on scooter board, Clip clothespins to a rope hanging above.

Primary outcomes

  1. Trunk control measurement scale (TCMS)

    Time frame: 3 months

    TCMS measures trunk control in two basic components:

    static and dynamic sitting balance. Balance is assessed during flexion, extension, lateral flexion, and rotation movements as selective movements of dynamic sitting. Total score ranges between 0 and 58, and higher scores indicate better control

  2. 2D video-based gait assessment system

    Time frame: 3 months

    2D video-based gait assessment system to measure lateral trunk sway at SLS from frontal view

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Badr University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Effect of Scooter Board Activities on Trunk Postural Control and Gait in Children With Diplegic Cerebral Palsy

Important dates

Study start
2022
Primary completion
2023
Study completion
2023
First posted
Nov 8, 2022
Registry last updated
Apr 11, 2023

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