Targeted Hip Strength Training in Children With Cerebral Palsy (CP)
NCT ID: NCT01633736
Last Updated: 2012-07-04
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Basic Information
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UNKNOWN
PHASE3
20 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2011-12-31
2013-03-31
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Keywords
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Study Design
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NA
SINGLE_GROUP
TREATMENT
SINGLE
Study Groups
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home progressive resistance exercise
Usual care plus progresive resistance training
Duration 8 weeks; two weeks of familiarisation with the intervention protocol without resistance (for familiarisation and neural adaptation) followed by 6 weeks progressive resistance (PR). The three times a week PR training will be as a home exercise program with fortnightly home visits to monitor/progress PR training. It comprises a 4 minute warm up and cool down with one exercise targeting the hip abductors and one the lateral rotators. Exercise prescription will follow existing guidelines for progressive PR training. Parents will be taught supervision by the researcher using clear explanations in words and pictures in a logbook. Logbooks have been found to facilitate compliance, dosage and motivation.
Interventions
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Usual care plus progresive resistance training
Duration 8 weeks; two weeks of familiarisation with the intervention protocol without resistance (for familiarisation and neural adaptation) followed by 6 weeks progressive resistance (PR). The three times a week PR training will be as a home exercise program with fortnightly home visits to monitor/progress PR training. It comprises a 4 minute warm up and cool down with one exercise targeting the hip abductors and one the lateral rotators. Exercise prescription will follow existing guidelines for progressive PR training. Parents will be taught supervision by the researcher using clear explanations in words and pictures in a logbook. Logbooks have been found to facilitate compliance, dosage and motivation.
Other Intervention Names
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria
2. lower limb surgery within 12 months,
3. botox within 6 months,
4. oral muscle relaxant medication
5. significant learning difficulty
6. Any concurrent condition which would be contraindicated to progressive resistance training such as unmanaged high blood pressure, cardiac pathology or uncontrolled epilepsy
7. Where at baseline assessment finds no weakness in the muscles under investigation
8. concurrent or within 6 months involvement in any other research study
9. Non consent to General Practitioner (GP) notification.
7 Years
16 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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University of Nottingham
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Grahame Pope, MPhil, BSc
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
The University of Nottingham
Locations
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Divison of Physiotherapy, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Physiotherapy, The University of Nottingham
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom
Countries
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Central Contacts
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Facility Contacts
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Grahame Pope
Role: primary
References
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Other Identifiers
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UoN-SWW-2
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id