NCT05348135

Combined Cognitive and Functional Strength Training in Children With cp

Synergistic Effect of Functional Strength Training and Cognitive Intervention on Motor and Cognitive Functions in Children With Cerebral Palsy

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 64 (actual)
• Sponsor: Cairo University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 8 Years – 12 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Cerebral palsy is primarily a disorder of movement and posture however; it often involves disorder of different aspects of cognitive function.

Detailed description

This study evaluated the effect of FST and cognitive intervention and their combined effect on motor and cognitive functions in children with spastic diplegia. A convenient sample of spastic diplegic CP children, with their age ranging from 8 to 12 years were assigned randomly into four treatment groups

Conditions

• Diplegic Cerebral Palsy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	functional strength training	children in this group received FST. Each training session started with 10 minutes dynamic warm-up period and ended with 5 minutes cool down in the form of muscle stretching and aerobics. The warm up was followed by gait training in addition to 4 functional lower limb exercises; sit to stand exercise, forward/ lateral step-up exercise, half knee rise exercise, and bridging exercise.
OTHER	cognitive training	Children in this group received cognitive training by RehaCom cognitive rehabilitation software. Training was applied for four cognitive domains of function; attention / concentration, figural memory, reaction behavior and logical reasoning.
OTHER	conventional physical therapy	including reinforcement of normal motor development, reflex inhibiting patterns, balance exercises, stretching exercises and gait training

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-10-01
• Primary completion: 2022-03-01
• Completion: 2022-03-11
• First posted: 2022-04-27
• Last updated: 2022-04-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt