Cerebral palsy Cerebral palsy
Conditions
Interventions
Gait Training: walking with the device for 20min/day and 4 times a week. The training phase takes 4week.
Sponsors
Yoshida Takeshi
Ohata Koji
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Pediatric with GMFCS level I-III. 2. Individuals over 110cm in height, and over 20kg in weight. 3. Individuals who can walk independently using walking aids (canes, walkers, AFO, etc.) for more than 20 minutes outside the house. 4. Individuals who can understand the instructions during the gait training.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Individuals who have high cognitive decline and higher brain dysfunction, and it is difficult to understand or agree with the research explanation. 2. Individuals with movement restriction due to respiratory, cardiovascular, urological and digestive diseases. 3. Individuals with pain due to orthopedic or other neurological diseases which limit gait. 4. Individuals who have received the treatment to reduce spasticity (such as BT-X, tendon lengthening surgery or spasticity control surgery) within 3 months.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 5.5 meter walk test, Number of steps | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1) Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM) Dimensions D,E 2) Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory (PEDI) 3) Modified Ashworth scale 4) Kinematic gait analysis 5) Kinematic data evaluated by the sensors of the robot 6) Electromyography 7) Questionnaires for the parents 8) Questionnaires for the patients | — |
Contacts
Public ContactKoji Ohata
Human Health Sciences, Graduate school of Medicine, Kyoto University
Outcome results
None listed