Trial reportBMC pediatrics2015
The use of instrumented gait analysis for individually tailored interdisciplinary interventions in children with cerebral palsy: a randomised controlled trial protocol.
Trial report in BMC pediatrics, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02160457 (Instrumented Gait Analysis and Individually Tailored Interdisciplinary Interventions for Children With Cerebral Palsy), which is not on this map. Cited by 4 papers.
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Instrumented Gait Analysis and Individually Tailored Interdisciplinary Interventions for Children With Cerebral Palsy: A Randomized Controlled Trial
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4 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.
- Trial
- Threshold values of ankle dorsiflexion and gross motor function in 60 children with cerebral palsy.Acta orthopaedica · 2018Trial
- Biomechanical Gait Analysis Using a Smartphone-Based Motion Capture System (OpenCap) in Patients with Neurological Disorders.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Effects of Ankle Foot Orthoses on the Gait Patterns in Children with Spastic Bilateral Cerebral Palsy: A Scoping Review.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
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9 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundChildren with cerebral palsy (CP) often have an altered gait. Orthopaedic surgery, spasticity management, physical therapy and orthotics are used to improve the gait. Interventions are individually tailored and are planned on the basis of clinical examinations and standardised measurements to assess walking ('care as usual'). However, these measurements do not describe features in the gait that reflect underlying neuro-musculoskeletal impairments. This can be done with 3-dimensional instrumented gait analysis (IGA). The aim of this study is to test the hypothesis that improvements in gait following individually tailored interventions when IGA is used are superior to those following 'care as usual'. METHODS/
designA prospective, single blind, randomised, parallel group study will be conducted. Children aged 5 to 8 years with spastic CP, classified at Gross Motor Function Classification System levels I or II, will be included. The interventions under investigation are: 1) individually tailored interdisciplinary interventions based on the use of IGA, and 2) 'care as usual'. The primary outcome is gait measured by the Gait Deviation Index. Secondary outcome measures are: walking performance (1-min walk test) and patient-reported outcomes of functional mobility (Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory), health-related quality of life (The Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory Cerebral Palsy Module) and overall health, pain and participation (The Pediatric Outcome Data Collection Instrument). The primary endpoint for assessing the outcome of the two interventions will be 52 weeks after start of intervention. A follow up will also be performed at 26 weeks; however, exclusively for the patient-reported outcomes. DISCUSSION: To our knowledge, this is the first randomised controlled trial comparing the effects of an individually tailored interdisciplinary intervention based on the use of IGA versus 'care as usual' in children with CP. Consequently, the study will provide novel evidence for the use of IGA.
trial registration
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT02160457 . Registered June 2, 2014.
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