A randomised controlled pilot study of weight-bearing standing programmes on bone mineral density in non-ambulant cerebral palsy children.

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN90325334

Enrollment

Registered

2004-01-23

Start date

1997-11-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2015-01-13

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Conditions

Cerebral palsy Nervous System Diseases Cerebral palsy

Interventions

Added 26/11/09 A heterogeneous group of 26 pre-pubertal children with CP (14 boys, 12 girls

age 4.3-10.8 years) participated in this randomised controlled trial. Subjects were matched into pairs using baseline vertebral vTBMD standard deviation scores. Children within the pairs were randomly

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Non-ambulant cerebral palsy children who are able to weight-bear in a standing frame.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Does not meet inclusion criteria

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Change in volumetric bone mineral density	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Not provided at time of registration	—

Countries

United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

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