Spastic Cerebral Palsy and Slackline

The Slackline as a Rehabilitation Tool for Children and Teenagers With Spastic Cerebral Palsy: a Randomised Clinical Trial

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03486483

Acronym

SCPSLACK

Enrollment

Registered

2018-04-03

Start date

2015-04-01

Completion date

2016-05-15

Last updated

2018-04-04

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Conditions

Spastic Cerebral Palsy

Brief summary

The aim of the present study was to assess whether supervised slackline training improves postural control in children and teenagers with spastic cerebral palsy (grade I and II of the Gross Motor Function Classification System).

Interventions

OTHERExercise

Intervention included 18 slackline rehabilitation sessions for 6 weeks: 3 sessions per week on non-consecutive days, 30 min each one.

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

TRIPLE (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator)

Eligibility

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Diagnosis with any expression of spastic cerebral palsy and rated I-II on the Gross Motor Functional classification. * Between 9 and 16 years of age. * Ability to cooperate with simple instructions. * Able to stand for at least 2 min without assistance. * Able to walk at least 10 m without assistance.

Exclusion criteria

* Individuals were excluded if they underwent neuro or orto surgery during or up to one year prior to the study, botulinum toxin injection or intrathecal pump during or up to six months prior to the study and/or rotational osteotomies, if they expressed gait deviations limited by musculoskeletal contracture, presented specific medical or orthopedic conditions that precluded exercising * or if they did not meet the eligibility criteria.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Static posturography (a composite measure).	6 weeks.	The centre of pressure (CoP) parameters (these CoP parameters; Length, Xmean, Ymean, Xdeviation and Ydeviation in mm, Area in mm2 and Speed, Xspeed and Yspeed in m/s will be combined to report the static posturography).

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Myoelectrical activity.	6 weeks.	Soles, Tibialis Anterior and Peroneus Longus (myoelectrical activity in microvolts).
Jump Performance	6 weeks.	Countermovement Jump Test and Abalakov´s Test (jump height in cm).

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026