NCT07012122

Effect of Disturbed Attention on Balance in Children With Spastic Cerebral Palsy

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 63 (actual)
• Sponsor: Cairo University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 8 Years – 12 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of the current study is to determine if there is a correlation between disturbed attention and balance in children with spastic diplegia.

Detailed description

The neuromuscular impairments in children with cerebral palsy (CP) are manifested in abnormal posture and loss of selective motor control, poor trunk control and balance which contributes to poor postural control with significant limitations in their activities of daily living. Balance and upright postural control are fundamental components of movement which plays a major role in maintaining the body in equilibrium in a given sensory environment, with anticipatory and automatic postural adjustments. So, improving balance abilities in such children is fundamental. In general, attention involves processes that allow individuals to focus on particular aspects of the environment and to mobilize sufficient effort for learning and problem solving. Children with diplegic CP encounter difficulties in sensory processing and integration which influence the achievement of mature postural control. There is reviews that didn't cover the relation between attention and balance. This study is to improve evidence regarding this area.

Conditions

• Spastic Cerebral Palsy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	visual spatial memory task	The child will be asked to put numbers in an imagined matrices and memorize the position very well then will be asked to remember the position of these numbers.
OTHER	nonspatial verbal memory task	The child is presented with a series of sentences that are similar in structure and content, with only slight variations in elements such as the verb, subject, or object. The child's task is to remember and accurately recall these sentences. For example: The dog is running in the park, The cat is running in the park, The dog is playing in the park, The dog is running in the yard.
OTHER	visuomotor tracking task	Then the rest will be introduced in the form of computer screen in front of the child with a dot moving under the control of a computer mouse and asking the child to track the dot while maintaining his balance as much as he can.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-06-10
• Primary completion: 2025-07-10
• Completion: 2025-07-20
• First posted: 2025-06-10
• Last updated: 2025-07-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt