NCT00401154

Study of a Stationary Cycling Intervention for Children With Spastic Diplegic Cerebral Palsy

Pediatric Endurance and Limb Strengthening (PEDALS)

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 64 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Southern California · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 7 Years – 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The study is about the effect of an exercise program using stationary bicycling for children with the spastic diplegic form of cerebral palsy. Spastic diplegia is a type of cerebral palsy that involves spasticity or "tightness" of the leg muscles. We hope to learn whether this type of exercise will allow the children to develop improved strength in the muscles that bend and straighten their knees, enhance their level of physical fitness, improve their ability to walk and improve their ability to perform other activities that are important to them. We hypothesize that children who participate in the stationary cycling intervention will gain strength in the muscles that bend and straighten their knees, will be able to complete a 600 yard walk run test (a test of endurance) more rapidly, and will improve their score on a test of function called the Gross Motor Function Measure (a test designed specifically for children with cerebral palsy).

Conditions

• Spastic Diplegic Cerebral Palsy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Stationary Cycling	Use of a stationary bicycle for exercise

Timeline

• Start date: 2003-09-01
• Primary completion: 2006-03-01
• Completion: 2006-03-01
• First posted: 2006-11-17
• Last updated: 2014-12-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States