Effects of Task Oriented Circuit Training on Functional Mobility and Activity Participation in Cerebral Palsy

Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Procedure
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

cerebral palsy hemiplegia often experiences motor problems that primarily affect one side of their body. Children with hemiplegia have difficulties in functional activities. Task-Oriented Circuit Training (TOCT) is a high-intensity, progressive intervention designed to improve functional motor skills by engaging individuals in repetitive, task-specific exercis it is randomized control trail conducted with 34 patients included according to inclusion and exclusion criteria. Functional mobility assessed through 6-minute walk test and activity participation evaluated through Child Engagement in Daily Life measurement scale.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 5
Maximum Age: 12
Healthy Volunteers: f
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• Diagnosed cases of hemiplegic cerebral palsy

• Both genders are included

• The children were between 5 and 12 years old.

• Their motor function was at a level I or II based on the GMFCS,

• The degree of spasticity grade 1 to 2 based on the Modified Ashworth Scale.

Locations
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Pakistan
Foundation University College of Physical Therapy
RECRUITING
Islamabad
Contact Information
Primary
Ahyab Mehreen, DPT
ahyab.mehreen@gmail.com
+92 3349279563
Time Frame
Start Date: 2025-09-13
Estimated Completion Date: 2026-01-10
Participants
Target number of participants: 34
Treatments
Experimental: task oriented circuit training
Task-oriented circuit training was delivered through a structured set of fourteen workstations designed to promote functional mobility, strength, balance, and coordination. Each workstation targeted a specific task, such as standing and reaching beyond arm's length at various distances and heights, sit-to-stand transitions from different chair heights, multidirectional stepping on blocks of varying heights and surfaces, alternating heel and toe raising, and progressive squatting with adjustments in depth, duration, and added hand weights. Additional stations included supine straight leg raises with optional cuff weights, stair ascending and descending with progressive load, backward walking beginning near a wall and advancing to open space with shuttle runs, walking on a balance beam with speed and surface variations, core-strengthening crunches, supine bridging with increased knee flexion and repetitions, prone opposite arm-and-leg raises with repetition progression, side bridge exer
Other: Conventional physical therapy
convention physical therapy will provide to both the groups comprised stretching exercises, strengthening exercises and positioning. Each spastic muscle will stretch up to the level of mild discomfort where it was held for 20 seconds and the procedure was repeated five times. Each CP child will assess separately for spastic group of muscles. Each weak muscle was made to contract against resistance 10 times in one session. Parents will advise to make their child sit with open legs on bench/block with heels touching the ground. They will also advise to make standing position against a wall with legs in moderate abduction and external rotation for 15 minutes daily after exercises
Sponsors
Leads: Foundation University Islamabad

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