Bilateral Spastic Cerebral Palsy, Cerebral Palsy, Gait Disorders, Neurologic
Conditions
Brief summary
Robot-assisted gait training (RAGT) improves the gait ability of children with cerebral palsy, and can provide treatment plans and guidelines through changed records of various gait variables. There is a lack of concrete explanations or arguments for gait speed, weight support ratio, support force, joint angle, etc. that can be set in the RAGT system, and intervention intensity for an appropriate intervention program has not been presented. Therefore, in this study, we would like to suggest clinically effective interventions for children with cerebral palsy in the second stage of the gross motor function classification system (GMFCS) by identifying gait variables according to differences in gait speed during RAGT.
Interventions
DEVICERobot-assisted gait training (walking speed: 0.5km/h)
Robot-assisted gait training RAGT, WALKBOT-G, is a walking training equipment that can reproduce natural motions by adjusting the leg length and adjusting the motion with the actuator of the ankle joint.
DEVICERobot-assisted gait training (walking speed: 0.8km/h)
Robot-assisted gait training RAGT, WALKBOT-G, is a walking training equipment that can reproduce natural motions by adjusting the leg length and adjusting the motion with the actuator of the ankle joint.
DEVICERobot-assisted gait training (walking speed: 1.1km/h)
Robot-assisted gait training RAGT, WALKBOT-G, is a walking training equipment that can reproduce natural motions by adjusting the leg length and adjusting the motion with the actuator of the ankle joint.
Sponsors
Sahmyook University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
4 Years to 12 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Patients 4-12 years old diagnosed with cerebral palsy * Children who have not received botulinum toxin treatment or surgery within 3 months * Children in stage 2 of the gross motor function system * Children who can express pain, fear, or discomfort on their own
Exclusion criteria
* Severe lower extremity contracture and fracture * Bone instability * Osteoporosis * Severe bones grow disproportionately * Unhealed skin lesions on the lower extremities (thromboembolic disease) * Thromboembolic disease * Cardiovascular instability * Mild scoliosis with a Cobb's angle of more than 20 degrees
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Gait ability | Change from baseline gait ability at 6 weeks | Gait ability is evaluated using the Zebris FDM-Treadmill. When the participants walks on the treadmill, the foot pressure is recorded at a rate of 120 Hz. The input pressure signal is displayed as a 2D/3D graph including the center of pressure while standing or walking, and the spatiotemporal measurements are displayed. |
Countries
South Korea
Contacts
Primary ContactSun-Geon Park, Ph.D candidate
Outcome results
None listed