NCT06303336

Effects OF NMES With and Without Dynamic Bracing on Spasticity and Movement Quality in CP

Effects of Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation With and Without Dynamic Bracing on Lower Extremity Spasticity and Quality of Movement in Children With Cerebral Palsy

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 42 (actual)
• Sponsor: Riphah International University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 5 Years – 12 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The study aims at comparing Neuromuscular electrical Stimulation with and without dynamic bracing on spasticity and movement quality of lower limb in Children with Cerebral Palsy

Detailed description

Cerebral palsy (CP) is a lifelong motor impairment caused by an early brain injury and affects 2-3 per 1,000 live births. It is a complex medical condition that negatively impacts cognition, language, sensations, movement, and gait patterns. It is normally carried out using a comprehensive approach that incorporates numerous approaches targeted at minimizing symptoms and improving functional outcomes. NMES (Neuromuscular and Muscular Electrical Stimulation) is an instrument that provides electrical impulses to nerves, causing muscles to contract, while dynamic bracing use muscle power to pre-compress soft tissue to produce the high forces required to control specific pathological diseases. The hip adductors, the knee flexor muscles, and the ankle and foot muscles (gastrocnemius and soleus may experience increased tone, causing the ankles to be held in a plantar-flexed (pointed downward) position) are targeted with NMES in the lower extremity to reduce the spasticity \& improve the quality of movement in CP children. Investigating how combining NMES with dynamic bracing benefits lumbar disc bulge patients adds to the growing body of evidence supporting multimodal treatment.

Conditions

• Diplegic Spastic Cerebral Palsy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	NMES with Dynamic Bracing	The group will receive NMES along with dynamic bracing
OTHER	NMES without Dynamic Bracing	The participants will receive NMES on the lower extremity
OTHER	Dynamic Bracing Only	This group will receive dynamic bracing only on the lower limb.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-12-30
• Primary completion: 2024-05-14
• Completion: 2024-05-14
• First posted: 2024-03-12
• Last updated: 2025-04-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Pakistan