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NCT Number: NCT07008521

UNIVERSAL EXERCISE UNIT and REBOUND THERAPY ON GENU RECURVATUM Cerebral Palsy Childeren

to investigate and compare between effectiveness of Universal Exercise Unit and Rebound Therapy on genu recurvatum, muscle strength, balance, functional mobility and quality of life in spastic cerebral palsy children

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This study is active but is not currently recruiting participants.

Key information

Age range

5 year–7 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Faculty of Physical Therapy

Giza, 02, Egypt

About this study

Children will be equally assigned into three groups using simple randomization, control group, study group (A) and study group (B). Each group will consist of 20 children with spastic CP to overcome any drop out may occur.

Control group: Children in this group will receive a traditional physical therapy program.

Study group (A): Children in this group will receive a traditional physical therapy program in addition to universal exercise unit program.

Study group (B): Children in this group will receive the same traditional physical therapy program in addition to rebound therapy.

Evaluation will be carried out for each child individually before and after 3 months of treatment.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • -Children with spastic CP both hemiplegic and diplegic.
  • Their ages will be ranged from 5-7 years old.
  • They will have mild spasticity (grade 1 and 1+) according to Modified Ashworth scale .
  • They will be in level I and II according to gross motor function classification system (GMFCS) .
  • They will be able to understand orders given to them.

Exclusion criteria

  • Subjects will be excluded if they have the following:
  • Visual or hearing impairment.
  • Severe limb deformities as structural genurecurvatum.
  • Surgical interference in the lower limbs for the last 6 months.
  • Botulinum toxin injection of the spastic lower limb muscles during the last six months.

Treatment and study plan

Universal exercise unit

Procedure

universal exercise unit (UEU) for study groip (A)

Rebound Therapy

Procedure

rebound therpay for study group (B)

Traditional physical therapy program

Procedure

traditional physical therapy program for contrl group

Primary outcomes

  1. degree of genu recurvatum

    Time frame: 10 minutes

    degree of genu recurvatum will be measured by Radiological X-Ray

Secondary outcomes

  1. muscle power

    Time frame: 2 minutes

    muscle power will be assessed by using Lafayette Manual Muscle Tester

  2. balance

    Time frame: 20 minutes

    Balance will be assessed by Pediatric Balance Scale

  3. functional mobility

    Time frame: 20 minutes

    Functional mobility will be assessed by Mobility Questionnaire (Mob Quest 28 )

  4. Quality of child life

    Time frame: 20 minutes administration for each child

    Quality of life will be assessed by using Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) scale

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Cairo University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

EFFECT OF UNIVERSAL EXERCISE UNIT VERSUS REBOUND THERAPY ON GENU RECURVATUM IN CHILDREN WITH SPASTIC CEREBRAL PALSY

Important dates

Study start
2025
Primary completion
2025
Study completion
2025
First posted
Jun 6, 2025
Registry last updated
Jun 6, 2025

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