Scooter Board Activities Versus Core Stability Exercises

NCT ID: NCT07132138

Last Updated: 2025-09-22

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 40 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2025-08-18
• Study Completion Date: 2026-01-01

Brief Summary

Children with diplegic cerebral palsy (CP) often experience impaired trunk control and balance, which limits functional mobility. Core stability exercises are commonly used in pediatric physical therapy to improve trunk control. Scooter board activities, which challenge trunk stability through dynamic movement, may offer an engaging alternative. This study aims to compare the effects of these two interventions.

Detailed Description

Children with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy (CP) often present with impaired trunk postural control and reduced balance stability, which negatively affect their functional independence, gait, and participation in daily activities.

Core stability training is widely recognized in pediatric rehabilitation as a method to enhance trunk strength and improve postural alignment.

Scooter board activities, however, add an element of dynamic movement, sensory stimulation, and task-oriented play, potentially offering greater engagement and functional carryover.

This study directly compares the two approaches in order to establish evidence-based guidance for clinical practice.

Conditions

Diplegic Cerebral Palsy

Study Design

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

Study Groups

Scooter Board Activities

Received a designed physical therapy program in addition to scooter board activities.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Scooter Board Activities

Intervention Type: OTHER

Scooter board bear walk. Scooter board crab walk. Sitting on scooter board, use it to move forward and backward, move the pool rings from one end to another.

Cross sitting on scooter board, pulls along the rope using his/her hands Sit with knees pulled into the chest (like a bug pose) and move around with arms only.

Prone over scooter board, pulling rope to move forward. Pull self along an anchored rope to retrieve items Scooter rolls outs. Place knees on floor and hands holding the edge of the front scooter board. Push board out a few inches then pull back, the further you roll, the harder it gets.

8- Kneeling, Push self forward and backward with the use of a therapy ball (lots of Motor Planning).

Supine flexion on scooter board, Clip clothespins to a rope hanging above.

Core Stability Exercises

Received a designed physical therapy program in addition to core stability exercises.

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Core Stability Exercises

Intervention Type: OTHER

Bridges Bird-dog Sit-ups on therapy ball Static and dynamic trunk holds

Interventions

Scooter Board Activities

Scooter board bear walk. Scooter board crab walk. Sitting on scooter board, use it to move forward and backward, move the pool rings from one end to another.

Cross sitting on scooter board, pulls along the rope using his/her hands Sit with knees pulled into the chest (like a bug pose) and move around with arms only.

Prone over scooter board, pulling rope to move forward. Pull self along an anchored rope to retrieve items Scooter rolls outs. Place knees on floor and hands holding the edge of the front scooter board. Push board out a few inches then pull back, the further you roll, the harder it gets.

8- Kneeling, Push self forward and backward with the use of a therapy ball (lots of Motor Planning).

Supine flexion on scooter board, Clip clothespins to a rope hanging above.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Core Stability Exercises

Bridges Bird-dog Sit-ups on therapy ball Static and dynamic trunk holds

Intervention Type: OTHER

Other Intervention Names

Physical therapy program; Physical therapy program

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

1. CP with a diplegia

2. Age 6 to 10 years

3. Grade 1 and 2 according to the Modified Ashworth scale (RW and Smith, 1987).

4. They could walk with limitation or holding on according to GMFCS (level I&II &III) (Palisano et al., 1997).

5. They were able to understand and follow verbal instructions

Exclusion Criteria

1. Children with any surgical interference in the upper limb.

2. intellectual disability such that simple tasks could not be understood or executed.

3. Children with any visual or auditory problems.

4. Children with any surgical interference in the lower limb.

5. Children with any structural deformities in joints and bones of lower limbs.

6. Children who suffer from other diseases or associated disorders that interfered with physical activity

• Minimum Eligible Age: 6 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 10 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Badr University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Omnya Samy Abdallah Ghoneim

Lecturer, Department of Physical Therapy for Woman and Pediatric Health, Faculty of Physical Therapy, King Salman International University (KSIU), Sharm El-sheikh, Egypt.

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Omnya samy, Lecturer

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Badr University in Cairo, Egypt

Locations

Cairo University

Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt

Countries

Egypt

Other Identifiers

Study 4

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id