Whether deferring surgery to an older age resulting in better surgical outcomes in cerebral palsy? A prospective comparative study using model of knee flexion gait.

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Early Phase 1

Study type

Interventional

Source

ChiCTR

Registry ID

ChiCTR2000031778

Enrollment

Unknown

Registered

2020-04-10

Start date

2019-01-16

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-04-13

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Conditions

cerebral palsy

Interventions

surgery group:surgery

delay surgery group:botulinum toxin injection

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

7 Years to 15 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: It is a prospective two-arm parallel non-randomized controlled study in which surgery is compared with deferring surgery for 2 years in patients with spastic knee flexion gait. The patients in deferring surgery group have botulinum toxin injection that is the best current alternative treatment, and they can undergo surgery as request. Subjects are ambulatory diplegic patients with age 7-10 years, who has knee flexion gait with minimum knee flexion angle 20 degrees or more in mid-stance. Forty patients will be allocated to surgery group or deferring surgery group as parents choices.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Do not want to participate in this trial

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Insall-Salvati ratio;migration percentage;Gillette gait index;	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
GMFM66;ROM;Physical capacity;Spasticity;Selective motor control ;	—

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactChia Hsieh Chang

Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

chiahchang@gmail.com+886 9 75365974

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ChiCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026