Clinical Trial: Walking Inclined Plane

Study Status: Recruiting
Recruit Status: Recruiting
Study Type: Interventional

Official Title: Evaluation of the Effect of an Inclined Plane on the Walking of Children With Cerebral Palsy: What Are the Paths for Rehabilitation?

Brief Summary: The adaptations in kinematics and muscle activity, investigated by 3D gait analysis and dynamic electromyography recordings, will be studied in children with bilateral spastic cerebral palsy during level walking, and before and after a training on a treadmill with a sloped surface (7°). Data will be compared with those obtained in a sample of typically developing (TD) children (controls)

Detailed Summary: 15 CP children and 15 TD children aged 6 to 14 years will take part in this study. Dynamic EMG recordings will be performed as well as kinematic data assessments through a gait analysis system. Three different slopes will be assessed, using a treadmill. The primary outcome measure will be the minimal knee extension value in the stance phase. The changes in kinematics will be overall assessed through the Gait Profile Score (Baker et al.). The details in changes will be assessed through statistical parametric mapping (SPM). The changes in muscle activity induced by the slope will be investigated by statistical parametric mapping of the EMG or kinematic data.
Sponsor: Nantes University Hospital

Current Primary Outcome: minimal knee extension in stance (kinematics) [ Time Frame: 1 day (single evaluation) ]

Original Primary Outcome: Same as current

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Information By: Nantes University Hospital

Dates:
Date Received: December 7, 2016
Date Started: February 21, 2017
Date Completion: December 2017
Last Updated: February 22, 2017
Last Verified: February 2017