NCT05322759

Halliwick and Aquatic Exercises in Spastic Cerebral Palsy

Comparison of Halliwick Exercises and Aquatic Excercices on Gross Motor Function, Trunk Stability and Hand Function in Spastic CP

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 32 (actual)
• Sponsor: Riphah International University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 13 Years – 16 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this research is to find and compare the effects of halliwick exercises and aquatic exercises on gross motor function, trunk stability and hand function in spastic cerebral palsy.

Detailed description

Randomized controlled trials done at Dream Child institute and Children hospital complex Multan. The sample size was 32. The subjects were divided in two groups, 16 subjects in halliwick exercise group and 20 in aquatic exercise group. Study duration was of 6 months. Sampling technique applied was convenient non probability sampling technique. Only 13-16 years diagnosed spastic cerebral pals individuals were included. Tools used in the study are Gross motor function measure (GMFM-66), Trunk impairment scale (TIS) and Nine-hole peg test (NHPT). Data was being analyzed through SPSS 22.

Conditions

• Spastic Cerebral Palsy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	aquatic exercises	aquatic polymetric exercises for 30 min including hip abduction/adduction, knee flexion/extension, hip flexion/extension, holding pool from sides, bending forward and picking up objects, shoulder flexion/extension kangroo jumpes, jumping to sides.
OTHER	halliwick exercise programme	Halliwick exercise programme for 30 min include sagittal rotations, transversal rotations, longitudnal rotations and combined rotations.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-02-15
• Primary completion: 2021-10-15
• Completion: 2021-12-15
• First posted: 2022-04-12
• Last updated: 2022-04-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Pakistan