Clinical trial NCT01158833: Validity of the Kinematic Classification of Gait in Diplegic Children With Cerebral Palsy (CP)
Official title: Validity of the Kinematic Classification of Gait in Diplegic Children With Cerebral Palsy
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Cerebral Palsy
Diplegia, Spastic
Keywords: Cerebral palsy
diplegia
gait
classification
Lead sponsor: University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Azienda USL Reggio Emilia - IRCCS
First posted: 2010-07-08
Enrollment: 86
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 12
Maximum age (years): 17
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: RETROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: We retrospectively studied children with diplegia and CP who are followed by the Unit for Severe Disability in the Developmental Age at the Hospital of Reggio Emilia (Italy);

Brief summary: In recent years Ferrari et al. proposed a new classification of gait in diplegic children with spastic diplegia that describes four different patterns of gait by analyzing the strategies that each children adopts to need his/her needs to walk. The investigators believe that this classification provides the clinician with clinically meaningful information in terms of coping strategies adopted to maximize the ability to walk.

The aim of this study is to determine the criterion validity of the new classification of the pattern of gait in children with spastic diplegia by correlating pattern of diplegic gait with the score of the Functional performance measure.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* diplegia and CP;

Exclusion Criteria:

* severe mental retardation attested by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of mental disorders IV
* pharmaco-resistant epilepsy
* behavioural disorders

Primary outcomes:
measure: Functional Mobility Scale (FMS)
timeFrame: at the age of 12 to 17 years
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Reggio Emilia
country: Italy
facility: Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova
state: RE
Study officials:
affiliation: University of Modena and Reggio Emilia and Hospital Santa Maria Nuova
name: Adriano Ferrari, MD
role: STUDY_CHAIR
affiliation: University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
name: Stefania Costi, PT
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
affiliation: Azienda USL Reggio Emilia - IRCCS
name: Rita Neviani, PT
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Pascale R, Perazza S, Borelli G, Bianchini E, Alboresi S, Paolicelli PB, Ferrari A, Cioni G. The term diplegia should be enhanced. Part III: inter-observer reliability of the new rehabilitation oriented classification. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2008 Jun;44(2):213-20.
citation: Cioni G, Lodesani M, Pascale R, Coluccini M, Sassi S, Paolicelli PB, Perazza S, Ferrari A. The term diplegia should be enhanced. Part II: contribution to validation of the new rehabilitation oriented classification. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2008 Jun;44(2):203-11.
citation: Ferrari A, Alboresi S, Muzzini S, Pascale R, Perazza S, Cioni G. The term diplegia should be enhanced. Part I: a new rehabilitation oriented classification of cerebral palsy. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2008 Jun;44(2):195-201.