NCT05644652

Effect of Nordic Walking on Gait-asymmetry Patterns in Children With Hemiparesis

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (actual)
• Sponsor: Cairo University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 6 Years – 10 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Nordic walking is a physical activity consisting of walking with poles similar to ski poles. The poles are designed for the purpose of activating the upper body during walking. The poles are equipped with rubber or spike tips and the walking itself resembles.

Detailed description

Compared to normal walking in Nordic walking there is a stronger involvement of the upper body. Furthermore, by using the poles, the muscles in the upper body can be activated, and the length of each step taken is supposedly increased, resulting in a faster gait .

Conditions

• Cerebral Palsy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	designed physical therapy program	it will be applied for for 60 min weekly for 3 successive months in the form of three sets of exercises (15minutes each) as follows: * Flexibility exercises to restore joint mobility of soft tissues. * Static and dynamic balance exercises * Functional strengthening exercises. * Functional gait training.
OTHER	Nordic walking	it will be conducted according to the guidelines of the International Nordic Walking Federation

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-07-01
• Primary completion: 2024-05-30
• Completion: 2024-06-30
• First posted: 2022-12-09
• Last updated: 2026-03-31

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt