Circuit Training in Children With Cerebral Palsy

NCT ID: NCT03529682

Last Updated: 2018-05-18

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: UNKNOWN
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 62 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2018-05-31
• Study Completion Date: 2018-11-30

Brief Summary

The aim of our study is to reveal the results of circuit training to be applied to the children with Cerebral Palsy (CP) for improving their muscular strength and trunk control and also to determine their effects in terms of activity limitations and participation limits.

Detailed Description

According the power analyzes totally 62 children, as 31 per each group, who were diagnosed with Spastic type CP and accepting participation for the study will be included in this study. For every case, socio demographic data and clinical features will be recorded. In the first session their gross motor function, muscular tonus in lower extremities, isometric strength of lower extremity muscles, functional muscular strength of the trunk and the lower extremities, walking speed and main mobility, functional motor performance will be assessed by a physiotherapist. Also satisfaction of children from the exercises, activity and participation level and quality of life will be evaluated. Then Covariant Focused Randomization Method will be used for having similarity in terms of factors such as; age, gender and motor function levels and also for having a balanced and equal case number of control and intervention group. The control group participants will continue to their own previous physiotherapy approaches (Bobath approach, traditional physiotherapy, etc.). "Circuit exercise training" will be given to the intervention group participants during 10 weeks, 3 times a week and that changes 50-60 minutes. At the end of the 10 weeks, the above evaluation parameters will be repeated

Conditions

Spastic Cerebral Palsy

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Circuit Training Group

Circuit exercise training will be given to the experimental group participants during 10 weeks, 60 minutes in a day and 3 times a week.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

exercise

Intervention Type: OTHER

10 minutes warm-up exercises and stretching exercises, 40 mınutes consecutive exercises (strengthening exercises for trunk and lower extremities) and 10 mınutes cooling down exercises and stretching exercises will be applied.

Control Group

The control group participants will continue to their own previous physiotherapy approaches as the same as minimum 3 times a week and total 3 hours.

Group Type: OTHER

control group

Intervention Type: OTHER

60 mınutes in a day and 3 times in a week traditional physiotherapy program will be applied

Interventions

exercise

10 minutes warm-up exercises and stretching exercises, 40 mınutes consecutive exercises (strengthening exercises for trunk and lower extremities) and 10 mınutes cooling down exercises and stretching exercises will be applied.

Intervention Type: OTHER

control group

60 mınutes in a day and 3 times in a week traditional physiotherapy program will be applied

Intervention Type: OTHER

Other Intervention Names

circuit training; traditional physiotherapy

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• The children who were diagnosed with Spastic type Cerebral Palsy.
• is aged between 6-18,
• is on the I,II and III levels according to Gross Motor Function Classification System

Exclusion Criteria

• having any surgical operation related to lower extremities for the last 1 year,
• having botulinum toxin injection or intrathecal pump for the last 6 months,
• taking a new medicine or medicine change for the last 1 month,
• visual, hearing and epilepsy problem,
• inability to contınuously attend the exercise program,
• mental problem that could not be cooperated.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 6 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Eastern Mediterranean University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Ünal Aras Değer

Senior Instructor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

UNAL DEGER, MSc

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Eastern Mediterranean University

Locations

Eastern Mediterranean University

Famagusta, , Cyprus

Countries

Cyprus

Central Contacts

UNAL DEGER, MSc

Role: CONTACT

unal.deger@emu.edu.tr

05428532184

Facility Contacts

UNAL DEGER, MSc

Role: primary

Other Identifiers

2017/51-21

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id