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NCT Number: NCT00946439

Wheel Assisted Running Training (WART) in Children With Cerebral Palsy

The purpose is to evaluate the effects of adding a wheel assisted running training (WART) to a conventional mixed physical activity training (CT) program on walking and gross motor function in trained children with cerebral palsy (CP).

Method entails recruiting thirty children with CP (16 females, 14 males), with mean (SD) age 11.8 (3.5) and training experience 3.4 (3.5), years were assigned to either WART or CT groups. The energy Expenditure Index (EEI), the Gross Motor Function Measure 66 (GMFM), self-selected and fast walking velocity (SSV and FV, respectively), and cadence are administered by a trained physical therapist. The intervention period is six months, with two sessions per week.

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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–19 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Israel Sport Center for the Disabled

Ramat Gan, 52535, Israel

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • (a) medical diagnosis of cerebral palsy;
  • (b) ability to comprehend instructions in a group setting;
  • (c) no medical procedures involving the lower limbs (including casting and Botox injections) during the last six months prior to pre-testing;
  • (d) able to walk three minutes at a self paced speed;
  • (e) no seizures during the last year, and (f) functional performance levels between II-IV of the gross motor functional classification system (GMFCS)

Exclusion criteria

  • (a) GMFCS I or V;
  • (b) Not being able to comprehend or comply with instructions.

Treatment and study plan

Wheel assisted running training

Device

'Race-Runner' uses the principle of body weight reduction and wheel assisted running training. This is a three-wheel device specifically designed in the 1990s for athletic purposes. The participant is walking or running with the feet on the ground while using a triangular frame equipped with three large bicycle wheels. Support to the participant's body is provided by a regular cycle saddle, a frontal body support plate, and the steering handlebars. The vertical and horizontal distance of the saddle and frontal support from the steering handlebars are adaptable to the participant's body dimension and comfort. This equipment is commonly used in competition in Scandinavia and Central Europe

Other names: also called 'Petra'

Primary outcomes

  1. walking velocity

    Time frame: six months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Energy expenditure index

    Time frame: six months

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Israel Sport Center for the Disabled

Other

Collaborators

  • Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center

Registry information

Official study title

Wheel Assisted Running Training in Children With Cerebral Palsy: A Controlled Clinical Trial

Acronym: WART

Important dates

Study start
2004
Primary completion
2006
Study completion
2006
First posted
Jul 27, 2009
Registry last updated
Jul 27, 2009

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