Cerebral Palsy, Diplegia, Spastic
Conditions
Keywords
Cerebral palsy, diplegia, gait, classification
Brief summary
In recent years Ferrari et al. proposed a new classification of gait in diplegic children with spastic diplegia that describes four different patterns of gait by analyzing the strategies that each children adopts to need his/her needs to walk. The investigators believe that this classification provides the clinician with clinically meaningful information in terms of coping strategies adopted to maximize the ability to walk. The aim of this study is to determine the criterion validity of the new classification of the pattern of gait in children with spastic diplegia by correlating pattern of diplegic gait with the score of the Functional performance measure.
Interventions
OTHERclassification of gait in diplegic children with CP
To determine the criterion validity of the classification of the pattern of diplegic gait proposed by Ferrari et al. we correlated gait patterns with the score of the FMS.
Sponsors
Azienda USL Reggio Emilia - IRCCS
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
RETROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
12 Years to 17 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* diplegia and CP;
Exclusion criteria
* severe mental retardation attested by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of mental disorders IV * pharmaco-resistant epilepsy * behavioural disorders
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Functional Mobility Scale (FMS) | at the age of 12 to 17 years | correlation between the new classification of diplegic gait and the FMS which classifies the functional mobility in children |
Countries
Italy
Outcome results
None listed