Effect of Disturbed Attention on Balance in Children With Spastic Cerebral Palsy

NCT ID: NCT07012122

Last Updated: 2025-07-28

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Total Enrollment: 63 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2025-06-10
• Study Completion Date: 2025-07-20

Brief Summary

The purpose of the current study is to determine if there is a correlation between disturbed attention and balance in children with spastic diplegia.

Detailed Description

The neuromuscular impairments in children with cerebral palsy (CP) are manifested in abnormal posture and loss of selective motor control, poor trunk control and balance which contributes to poor postural control with significant limitations in their activities of daily living. Balance and upright postural control are fundamental components of movement which plays a major role in maintaining the body in equilibrium in a given sensory environment, with anticipatory and automatic postural adjustments. So, improving balance abilities in such children is fundamental.

In general, attention involves processes that allow individuals to focus on particular aspects of the environment and to mobilize sufficient effort for learning and problem solving.

Children with diplegic CP encounter difficulties in sensory processing and integration which influence the achievement of mature postural control.

There is reviews that didn't cover the relation between attention and balance. This study is to improve evidence regarding this area.

Conditions

Spastic Cerebral Palsy

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: CASE_ONLY
• Study Time Perspective: OTHER

Study Groups

Group of visual spatial memory task

It will consist of 21 children, who will perform a visual spatial memory task.

visual spatial memory task

Intervention Type: OTHER

The child will be asked to put numbers in an imagined matrices and memorize the position very well then will be asked to remember the position of these numbers.

Group of nonspatial verbal memory task

It will consist of 21 children, who will perform a nonspatial verbal memory task.

nonspatial verbal memory task

Intervention Type: OTHER

The child is presented with a series of sentences that are similar in structure and content, with only slight variations in elements such as the verb, subject, or object. The child's task is to remember and accurately recall these sentences. For example: The dog is running in the park, The cat is running in the park, The dog is playing in the park, The dog is running in the yard.

Group of visuomotor tracking task

It will consist of 21 children, who will perform a visuomotor tracking task.

visuomotor tracking task

Intervention Type: OTHER

Then the rest will be introduced in the form of computer screen in front of the child with a dot moving under the control of a computer mouse and asking the child to track the dot while maintaining his balance as much as he can.

Interventions

visual spatial memory task

The child will be asked to put numbers in an imagined matrices and memorize the position very well then will be asked to remember the position of these numbers.

Intervention Type: OTHER

nonspatial verbal memory task

The child is presented with a series of sentences that are similar in structure and content, with only slight variations in elements such as the verb, subject, or object. The child's task is to remember and accurately recall these sentences. For example: The dog is running in the park, The cat is running in the park, The dog is playing in the park, The dog is running in the yard.

Intervention Type: OTHER

visuomotor tracking task

Then the rest will be introduced in the form of computer screen in front of the child with a dot moving under the control of a computer mouse and asking the child to track the dot while maintaining his balance as much as he can.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Cerebral palsy children with spastic diplegia.
• Age ranges from 8 -12 years.
• Level Ι - II according to Gross Motor Functional Classification System (GMFCS).
• Grade 1, 1+ of the Modified Ashworth Scale.

Exclusion Criteria

• Children that suffer from epilepsy.
• Severe visual and auditory problems.
• Structural or fixed soft tissue deformities of Lower extremities.
• Severe mental retardation.
• Botox injection in the lower extremity in the past 6 months.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 8 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 12 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Cairo University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Maha Abd Elnaser Abdelrahman

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Asmaa Osama Sayed, PhD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Assistant Professor, Cairo university

Locations

Cairo University

Giza, , Egypt

Countries

Egypt

Other Identifiers

P.T.REC/012/003969

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id