NCT05966428

Sensory Integration Therapy and Cerebral Palsy

The Affect of Sensory Integration Therapy and Conventional Exercise Therapy on Spasticity, Balance and Motor Function With Spastic Diplegic Cerebral Palsy

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 24 (actual)
• Sponsor: Kirsehir Ahi Evran Universitesi · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 4 Years – 17 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This intervention study was planned to investigate the effects of Sensory Integration Therapy that added to the conventional therapy program on spasticity, balance, motor function and functional independency levels of children with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy

Detailed description

Cerebral Palsy is a disease that can cause motor skill and posture disorders due to a non-progressive lesion in the brain that has not yet completed its development. Cerebral palsy is among the most common causes of disability in childhood. There are many conditions that can cause Cerebral Palsy. Risk groups that cause brain damage can be considered as prenatal, perinatal and postnatal risk factors.The lesion that occurs in the central nervous system in patients with Cerebral Palsy causes some problems in the musculoskeletal system, nervous system and sensory systems. In addition to these problems, depending on the level of the lesion, posture, movement disorders and balance problems occur in individuals with Cerebral Palsy. Sensory integration therapy is a neurological process of perceiving, interpreting and organizing our senses for an effective integration of the individual with the environment. When the literature is examined, the number of studies investigating the effect of sensory integration program in children with spastic diplegic type Cerebral Palsy is insufficient. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of sensory integration therapy on spasticity, balance and motor function in children with spastic diplegic type Cerebral Palsy and to provide the data obtained at the end of the study to the literature both theoretically and practically. The hypothesis of the study is: * Sensory integration program reduces spasticity in children with spastic diplegic type Cerebral Palsy. * Sensory integration program increases balance in children with spastic diplegic type Cerebral Palsy. * Sensory integration program increases motor function in children with spastic diplegic type Cerebral Palsy.

Conditions

• Cerebral Palsy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Conventional Exercises	This conventional exercises included stretching and strengthening, balance-coordination, mobility and range of motion exercises. The control group received conventional therapy 3 days a week for 8 weeks. Each therapy session a day lasted 45 minutes in control group.
OTHER	Sensory Integration Therapy	The Sensory Integration Therapy was applied to the intervention group in addition to the conventional exercise program. Sensory Integration Therapy included tactile, proprioceptive, and vestibular activities. The tactile sensory activities consisted of materials such as stepping stones, tactile box, brushing, fabric walking path. The vestibular sensory activities consisted of materials such as hammock swings, trampolines, rope nets, rock walls, river stones. Proprioceptive sensory activities consisted of materials such as weight bearing activities, heavy lifting, deep pressure, big ball activities, tug of war and ball pits. The intervention group underwent each session 45 minute conventional therapy and 15 minutes SIT. The therapy program continued 3 days a week for 8 weeks in intervention group.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-01-01
• Primary completion: 2018-05-01
• Completion: 2018-06-01
• First posted: 2023-07-28
• Last updated: 2023-07-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)