Functional Electrical Stimulation With Core Stabilization Exercises in Children With Spastic Diplegia

Sponsor
Cairo University
Study ID
NCT07110025
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Conditions

  • Cerebral Palsy
  • Core Stability
  • Functional Electrical Stimulation

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
4 Years - 6 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • designed physical therapy program — OTHER
    a one-hour physical therapy program, focusing on abdominal and back muscle activation and improving balance during standing. The program includes exercises like supine on wedges, prone on wedges, weight shifting, and balance training.
  • core stabilization exercise with neuromuscular electrical stimulation — OTHER
    The text describes various exercises for children to improve their physical abilities. These exercises include bridging, crab, plank, superhero, wheelbarrow walk, and kneeling on balls. The placement of electrodes on the gluteus maximus and rectus abdominis muscles is determined using anatomical landmarks. The electric current is generated using a biphasic symmetrical waveform with pulse width and intensity, and the stimulus frequency is adjusted to 35 Hz. The neuromuscular electric stimulation mode is used in a Synchronous mode.

Study Details

This study was done to: * investigate the combined effect of functional electrical stimulation with core stabilization exercises on pelvic tilting in children with spastic diplegia. * To investigate the combined effect of functional electrical stimulation with core stabilization exercises on standing balance in children with spastic diplegia.

Key Dates

First listed
Aug 7, 2025
Start date
Aug 15, 2025
Status verified
Jul 2025
Primary completion
Dec 15, 2025
Completion
Jan 15, 2026

Study Design

Enrollment
36 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT

Arms

  • Experimental: functional electrical stimulation and designed physiotherapy program
    Children in this group will receive the same training program as control group for 30-minutes in addition to functional electrical stimulation using EV-906 DIGITAL transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation/EMS neuromuscular stimulator device during core stability exercises for 30-minutes 3 sessions/week for 3 months
  • Active Comparator: designed physiotherapy program
    Children in this group will receive designed physiotherapy program for 1 hour including core stability exercises focusing on correcting pelvic tilting and standing balance. Each child will participate for 1 hour, 3 sessions/week for 3 months

Primary Outcome Measure

Assessment of muscle tone [ Time Frame: at baseline and after 12 weeks ]

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