Effect Of Brain Gym Exercises On Balance And Quality Of Life In Children With Spastic Diplegia
Status: Recruiting
Location: See location...
Intervention Type: Other
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY
Statement of the problem Do brain gym exercises affect balance and quality of life in children with spastic diplegia? Null hypotheses: 1. There will be no significant effect of brain gym exercises on balance in children with spastic diplegia. 2. There will be no significant effect of brain gym exercises on quality of life in children with spastic diplegia.
Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 6
Maximum Age: 8
Healthy Volunteers: f
View:
• 1 - Children with spastic diplegia who have balance problems in standing and gait.
• 2-Degree of spasticity ranges from 1 and 1+, according to modified Ashworth scale (MAS) .
• 3- The age of children will range from 6 to 8 years old. 4-The height of children will be at least one meter. 5- Children are levels I and II according to GMFCS (Gross Motor Classification System ).
Locations
Other Locations
Egypt
Faculty of physical therapy cairo university
RECRUITING
Cairo
Contact Information
Primary
Hebatallah Mohamed Kamal, Professor
heba.kamal@pt.cu.edu.eg
+201065263619
Backup
Maya Galal Abd-Alwahab, Assistant professor
maya.galal@pt.cu.edu.eg
+201141904589
Time Frame
Start Date: 2025-12-01
Estimated Completion Date: 2026-06-01
Participants
Target number of participants: 44
Treatments
Experimental: group A will take conventional physical therapy and brain gym exercises
Group A will take conventional physical therapy for 45 minutes and brain gym exercises for 30 minutes for three months three sessions per week .~Conventional physical therapy program includes:~Balance from standing Sit to stand Standing balance One leg standing Ball kicking Reaching out Pick up objects outside the stability limit Gait training Walking sideways Walking backwards Obstacle course walking and stair climbing~Brain gym exercises include:~Energy exercise:~Drinking water Brain buttons~Midlinemovements:~Cross crawl Lazy eight Belly breathing exercise~Deepening attitude:~Hook- ups~Lengthening activities:~Arm activation The owl~Calf pump
Experimental: Group B the control group will take only conventional physical therapy
will take the same conventional physical therapy program for 45 minutes three times per week for three months.
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: Cairo University