Effect Of Brain Gym Exercises On Balance And Quality Of Life In Children With Spastic Diplegia
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age6-8
SponsorCairo University
About this trial
Statement of the problem Do brain gym exercises affect balance and quality of life in children with spastic diplegia?
Null hypotheses:
1. There will be no significant effect of brain gym exercises on balance in children with spastic diplegia. 2. There will be no significant effect of brain gym exercises on quality of life in children with spastic diplegia.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
None
Disqualifiers
Children with visual or auditory problems.
Children with intellectual disability.
Children have been injected with Botox injection or have done surgery in the last 6 months.
Trial design
Design model
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
Brain gym exercises
Other interventionBrain gym exercises include: Energy exercise: Drinking water Brain buttons Midline movements: Cross crawl Lazy eight Belly breathing exercise Deepening attitude: Hook- ups Lengthening activities: Arm activation The owl Calf pump
Conventional physical therapy program
Other interventionConventional physical therapy program includes: Balance from standing Sit to stand Standing balance One leg standing Ball kicking Reaching out Pick up objects outside the stability limit Gait training Walking sideways Walking backwards Obstacle course walking and stair climbing Brain gym exercises include: Energy exercise: Drinking water Brain buttons Midlinemovements: Cross crawl Lazy eight Belly breathing exercise Deepening attitude: Hook- ups Lengthening activities: Arm activation The owl Calf pump
Treatment groups
44 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsGroup A: group A will take conventional physical therapy and brain gym exercisesExperimental treatment 2 interventions
Group B: Group B the control group will take only conventional physical therapyExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Balance
Biodex balance system will measure the overall stability index, antero -posterior stability index and medio- lateral stability index, higher score indicate lower stability.
Time frame
3 months2
Quality of life
Cerebral Palsy Quality Of Life Questionnaire (CPQOL)contains 66 items each uses a 9- point rating scale ( for items The minimum value 1, maximum value 9)and then transformed to a 0 to 100 scale. As the total score approaches 100 this means better quality of life. The domains evaluated using it are social well being and acceptance, emotional well-being, function and participation and physical health, access to services, pain and impact of disability, and family health..
Time frame
3 monthsSponsors and contacts
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Source ClinicalTrials.gov