Walking Ability and Limit of Stability in Children With Spastic Cerebral Palsy

Muş Alparslan University20 enrolled

Overview

Trunk control in children with spastic Cerebral Palsy (CP) is impaired. They have weaker trunk muscle strenght, and insufficient sitting/standing balance according to their developing peers. Since their weak trunk muscles and insufficient balance responses, they are not able to walk as functional similar to their peers. Additionaly limit of stability is worsen in children with CP. Investigation of the relationship between walking ability and limit of stability when seated position is important to understand which child is acceptable for training of walk. However we did not found any study to explain it. Therefore the aim of this study is to investigate walking ability and limit of stability in children with spastic CP, and to compare their developing peers.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Gait, Spastic

Interventions

GAITRite gaitway system, Bertec Balance SystemOTHER

GAITRite gaitway system will use to assess gait parameters, Bertec Balance System will use to assess limit of stability

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * spastic serebral palsy, between the ages 6-15 years, between the I-IV. levels of GMFCS, be able to understand command given by physical therapist Exclusion Criteria: * undergone botulinum toxin A to upper and/or lower extremities, undergone any surgery to their extremities, be at the V. levels of GMFCS

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Gait parameters (stride length in cm, step width in cm, time in swing phase in second, time in stance phase in second)

Gait parameters will be assessed by GAITRite walking way system.

Time frame: 20 minutes

Limit of stability when sitting and standing position in cm

Limit of stability will be evaluated by BERTEC balance system.