Weight Distribution Asymmetry in Relation to Speed During Gait in Children With Spastic Cerebral Palsy.

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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Background: Improving walking ability is one of the major concerns in therapeutic interventions for children with cerebral palsy. Aim: determine the relation between the weight distributed on both lower limb and speed during walking.

Detailed Description
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sixty children with spastic diplegia (group A) and forty-five with hemiparesis ( group B) with age ranged from ten to twelve, they had spasticity grade 1 and 1+ according to modified ashworth scale and they were able to walk with assistance (level II on Gross Motor Classification System).Evaluation was held by the Biodex gait trainer for measuring weight distribution on both lower limbs and speed during gait to determine if there was a relation between weight distribution asymmetry and the speed of gait of those children

Official Title
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Weight Distribution Asymmetry in Relation to Speed During Gait in Children With Spastic Cerebral Palsy.

Conditions
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Gait, Spastic

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: assesment of gait


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: The selection criteria to the diplegic group were as follows: children diagnosed as spastic diplegia or hemiplegia; the ability to stand independently without support for not less than 30 seconds; the ability to walk independently; a classification of level II in the Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS); and capability to understand simple verbal commands. Exclusion criteria: Participants were excluded if they were treated for lower limbs orthopedic surgical or with botulinum toxin injection within the last 6 months or if they had fixed lower limb deformity.

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 10 Years
Maximum Age: 12 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Other
Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: spastic diplegic group<br>assessment of the speed and weight distribution during gait | Other: assesment of gait<br>* speed and weight distribution during gait<br>|
| Experimental: hemiplegic group<br>assessment of the speed and weight distribution during gait | Other: assesment of gait<br>* speed and weight distribution during gait<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| speed of gait | the velocity of walking | 12 weaks | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| foot to foot distribution | weight loaded on each lower limb during gait assessment | 12 weaks | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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assymetry-gait-speed-cerebral palsy