Adaptive Dance Exercise Program on Trunk Control, Balance and Functional Mobility in Cerebral Palsy

NCT ID: NCT04884724

Last Updated: 2025-01-14

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 27 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2021-05-20
• Study Completion Date: 2021-10-05

Brief Summary

The human body needs a system to control and coordinate its action plan in order to perform an effective action. This system works irregularly or inappropriately in people with Cerebral Palsy (CP). An alternative to controlling these disorders is automatic movement modulation such as dance. Dance, whose main purpose is to achieve a satisfying motor performance, increases motor learning with sensory, perceptual and emotional components. Although the effects of dance therapy on functionality, balance and participation in people with CP have been previously examined in the literature, it has been reported that the evidence is insufficient and more studies are needed. The aim of this study is to examine the effects of adaptive dance exercise program on trunk control, balance and functional mobility in children and adolescents with Cerebral Palsy.

Conditions

Cerebral Palsy

Study Design

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

Study Groups

Adaptive Dance Exercise Group

In addition to the routine physiotherapy programs received in the rehabilitation center for children and adolescents with cerebral palsy, an adaptive dance exercise program will be applied 2 days a week in the rehabilitation center for 5 weeks and online for 3 weeks in the presence of a physiotherapist. The duration of each session of the adaptive dance exercises to be applied is planned to be 45-60 minutes. It is planned that the adaptive dance exercises to be applied will be accompanied by the selected song.

Before and after the 8-week exercise program, the participants' trunk stabilization, balance, functional mobility and quality of life will be questioned with determined questionnaires and tests.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Adaptive Dance Exercise Program

Intervention Type: OTHER

It is planned to include balance, stabilization, mobility, speed and rhythm activities for the exercises applied in Cerebral Palsy rehabilitation and based on the principles of motor learning, and to apply the dance steps and figures to be applied with visual and auditory stimuli.

Control Group

Children and adolescents diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy will continue their routine physiotherapy and rehabilitation programs in the rehabilitation center. At the beginning of the study and after 8 weeks, the participants' trunk stabilization, balance, functional mobility and quality of life will be questioned with determined questionnaires and tests.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Adaptive Dance Exercise Program

It is planned to include balance, stabilization, mobility, speed and rhythm activities for the exercises applied in Cerebral Palsy rehabilitation and based on the principles of motor learning, and to apply the dance steps and figures to be applied with visual and auditory stimuli.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy
• Volunteer
• Ages between of 6-18 years
• Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) Level 1 and Level 2
• To have cognitive skills to understand and apply adaptive dance exercises to be given.

Exclusion Criteria

• Participants diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy having cognitive disorders
• Participants diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy having vision or hearing problems
• Participants diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy have a history of trauma such as botox or muscle relaxation operation and / or fracture at least 6 months before participating in the study.

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

Sponsors

Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Ayse Asena Yekdaneh

University Lecturer

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Ayşe Asena Yekdaneh, Pt.,MSc.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa

Locations

Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa

Istanbul, , Turkey (Türkiye)

Işıl Özel Eğitim ve Rehabilitasyon Merkezi

Istanbul, , Turkey (Türkiye)

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Other Identifiers

AAGulnergiz

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id