NCT05420363

Influence of Surface Characteristics of Gait Training on Gait Kinematics and Walking Capacity in Children With Diplegic CP

Influence of Surface Characteristics of Gait Training on Gait Kinematics and Walking Capacity in Children With Diplegic Cerebral Palsy

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Cairo University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 6 Years – 8 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Using challenging surfaces of gait training, which require constant adjustments of the body's movement patterns to maintain stability and provide different sensory and proprioceptive inputs to mimic real life situation is appropriate for children with CP. So, the purpose of the current study is to investigate the influence of surface characteristics of gait training on gait kinematics and walking capacity in children with diplegic CP.

Detailed description

The purpose of the study is to determine the influence of surface characteristics (different surfaces materials and textures) of gait training on kinematics gait parameters (step length, step width, double support time and cadence) and the functional walking capacity in children with diplegic CP.

Conditions

• Diplegic Cerebral Palsy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	different walking surfaces	different surfaces materials and textures as sand ,grass, air mattress , foam mattress ,gravels and Rollator
OTHER	traditional gait training over hard surface only	The children will receive gait training over hard surface and even ground only and bare feet without wearing any foot ware or orthosis

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-07-01
• Primary completion: 2022-09-01
• Completion: 2022-09-01
• First posted: 2022-06-15
• Last updated: 2022-06-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt