NCT05312125

Physiotherapy After Botulinum Toxin Injection and Serial Casting

Comparison of the Effectiveness of Different Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Programs After Onabotulinum Toxin-A Injection and Serial Casting in Children With Cerebral Palsy

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 19 (actual)
• Sponsor: Gazi University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 5 Years – 10 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The effects of different physiotherapy programs on children with cerebral palsy who have been received botulinum toxin injection and serial casting application will be determined.

Detailed description

CP children who underwent botulinum toxin injection to medial gastrocnemius muscle and serial casting application in last two months will be included in the study. The effects of traditional physiotherapy and downhill backward treadmill training plus to traditional physiotherapy on muscle morphology, activity, walking, quality of life and selectivity will be determined.

Conditions

• Cerebral Palsy
• Cerebral Palsy, Spastic

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	backward downhill walking	Children in the intervention group will take backward downhill walking program plus to routine physiotherapy.
PROCEDURE	routine physiotherapy	Children in one of the groups will take routine physiotherapy programme

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-04-06
• Primary completion: 2022-12-20
• Completion: 2023-04-20
• First posted: 2022-04-05
• Last updated: 2023-06-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)