The Effect of Therapeutic Climbing on Muscle Strength, Tone and Balance in Hemiplegic Children
NCT ID: NCT05983887
Last Updated: 2025-12-29
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
12 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2023-04-10
2023-09-20
Brief Summary
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Does climbing affect muscle strength and tone? What is its connection between normative data drawn from healthy children? How can it affect balance?
Participants (children) will be asked to complete an series of movements used in sports climbing, such as inside-flag, back-flag and horizontal traverse, while hanging on an in-door climbing wall.
Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Keywords
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
SINGLE
Study Groups
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Control Group
The participants in this group continue their conventional intervention protocol without using the climbing instructions.
No interventions assigned to this group
Climbing Group
The participants in this group continue their conventional intervention protocol plus an in-door climbing intervention protocol.
Therapeutic Climbing
The protocol consists of using an in-door climbing wall as an complementary therapeutic intervention model.
Interventions
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Therapeutic Climbing
The protocol consists of using an in-door climbing wall as an complementary therapeutic intervention model.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Children with Hemiplegia
* Evaluated as Level 1 on GMFCS
Exclusion Criteria
* Surgery in the last 1 year (myofascial lengthening etc.)
* Children with poor cognitive skills (not following instructions etc.)
4 Years
16 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Pavlos Kitixis
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Pavlos Kitixis
Principal Investigator
Principal Investigators
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Thomas Besios, PhD
Role: STUDY_CHAIR
University of Thessaly
Locations
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Department of Physiotherapy
Lamia, Phthiotis, Greece
Countries
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References
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Buechter RB, Fechtelpeter D. Climbing for preventing and treating health problems: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials. Ger Med Sci. 2011;9:Doc19. doi: 10.3205/000142. Epub 2011 Aug 9.
Related Links
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The effect of therapeutic climbing on gross motor function in hemiplegic cerebral palsy. A pilot single-case experimental design study (SCED)
Other Identifiers
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climb_in_hem
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id