Effect of Electrical Stimulation With Functional Task Training on Balance and Motor Abilities in Children With Diplegia

Functional Task Training Combined With Electrical Stimulation on Balance and Motor Abilities in Children With Diplegia

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT06234215

Enrollment

Registered

2024-01-31

Start date

2023-01-17

Completion date

2023-11-25

Last updated

2024-01-31

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Cerebral Palsy Spastic Diplegia

Brief summary

The aims of the study are to: 1. Investigate the combined effect of functional task training with electrical stimulation of bilateral hip abductor muscles on balance in children with diplegia. 2. Investigate the combined effect of functional task training with electrical stimulation of bilateral hip abductor muscles on motor abilities in children with diplegia.

Detailed description

Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of permanent disorders of movement and posture. It is non-progressive lesion or abnormality of immature brain. The term cerebral refers to the brain and palsy refers to the loss or impairment of motor function. Functional electrical stimulation (FES) is a subtype of neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) in which the stimulation assists functional and purposeful movements. This is achieved by applying electrical stimulation to muscles that, when they contract, produce a movement that can be used functionally.The FES is used to provide electrical stimulation via the peripheral nervous system to activate muscle contractions to assist functional activities when nervous or musculo-skeletal systems are damaged.The common applications of FES include strengthening muscle, reducing muscle spasticity, increasing range of motion, improving upper extremity function and walking speed.

Interventions

DEVICEfunctional electrical stimulation

electrical stimulation during function

OTHERfunctional task training

functional exercise

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE (Subject)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

7 Years to 11 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Their ages will range from 7-11 years. * Both genders will be included. * Their degree of spasticity will range from 1 to 1+ according to Modified Ashworth Scale (Meseguer-Henarejos et al., 2018). * Their motor function will be at level I & II according to Gross Motor Function --- -Classification system (Palisano et al., 2008). * They will be understanding instructions.

Exclusion criteria

* Children will be excluded from the study if they have any of the following criteria: Musculoskeletal fixed deformities in upper limb, lower limb or spine. * Visual or hearing problems. * Epilepsy. * Botulinium toxin therapy or orthopedic surgery within the past 6months or within the study period.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Humac balance system	two months	static and dynamic balance when values inscrease the results are better.

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Growth motor functional scale	two months	measuring motor abilities standing and walking when values increase the results are better.

Countries

Egypt

Outcome results

None listed

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