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NCT Number: NCT01158833

Validity of the Kinematic Classification of Gait in Diplegic Children With Cerebral Palsy (CP)

In recent years Ferrari et al. proposed a new classification of gait in diplegic children with spastic diplegia that describes four different patterns of gait by analyzing the strategies that each children adopts to need his/her needs to walk. The investigators believe that this classification provides the clinician with clinically meaningful information in terms of coping strategies adopted to maximize the ability to walk.

The aim of this study is to determine the criterion validity of the new classification of the pattern of gait in children with spastic diplegia by correlating pattern of diplegic gait with the score of the Functional performance measure.

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Key information

Conditions

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

Age range

12 year–17 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova

Reggio Emilia, RE, 42100, Italy

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • diplegia and CP;

Exclusion criteria

  • severe mental retardation attested by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of mental disorders IV
  • pharmaco-resistant epilepsy
  • behavioural disorders

Treatment and study plan

classification of gait in diplegic children with CP

Other

To determine the criterion validity of the classification of the pattern of diplegic gait proposed by Ferrari et al. we correlated gait patterns with the score of the FMS.

Primary outcomes

  1. Functional Mobility Scale (FMS)

    Time frame: at the age of 12 to 17 years

    correlation between the new classification of diplegic gait and the FMS which classifies the functional mobility in children

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Modena and Reggio Emilia

Other

Collaborators

  • Azienda USL Reggio Emilia - IRCCS

Registry information

Official study title

Validity of the Kinematic Classification of Gait in Diplegic Children With Cerebral Palsy

Important dates

Study start
2010
Primary completion
2010
Study completion
2010
First posted
Jul 8, 2010
Registry last updated
Jun 27, 2014

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