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| Name | Class |
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| Reha Rheinfelden | OTHER |
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The purpose of the study is to investigate the effectiveness of robotic-assisted locomotor therapy on improvements of functional gait parameters in ambulatory children with cerebral palsy.
Within a randomized controlled design the effects of robotic-assisted locomotor training (15 sessions within 5 weeks) will be examined in a sample of 34 children with cerebral palsy.
Children will be randomly assigned to an intervention or waiting list group. Assessments will be performed at baseline, in week 6 as well as in week 12. The intervention is provided to the waiting list group after the assessment in week 6.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Lokomat training | Experimental | Lokomat training |
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| Waiting list | Other | Lokomat training after waiting phase of 5 weeks |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Lokomat training | Other | 15 sessions of Lokomat training within 5 weeks (3 trainings/week) |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| GMFM-66, section E | week 0, week 6, week 12 |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| GMFM-66, section D | week 0, week 6, week 12 | |
| Gait speed | week 0, week 6, week 12 | |
| 6-minute walk test |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Corinne Ammann-Reiffer, MPTSc | University Children's Hospital Zurich, Rehabilitation Center Affoltern | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Paediatric Therapy Center Reha Rheinfelden | Rheinfelden | Canton of Aargau | CH-4310 | Switzerland | ||
| University Children's Hospital Zurich, Rehabilitation Centre Affoltern |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 32444573 | Derived | Ammann-Reiffer C, Bastiaenen CHG, Meyer-Heim AD, van Hedel HJA. Lessons learned from conducting a pragmatic, randomized, crossover trial on robot-assisted gait training in children with cerebral palsy (PeLoGAIT). J Pediatr Rehabil Med. 2020;13(2):137-148. doi: 10.3233/PRM-190614. | |
| 28253887 | Derived | Ammann-Reiffer C, Bastiaenen CH, Meyer-Heim AD, van Hedel HJ. Effectiveness of robot-assisted gait training in children with cerebral palsy: a bicenter, pragmatic, randomized, cross-over trial (PeLoGAIT). BMC Pediatr. 2017 Mar 2;17(1):64. doi: 10.1186/s12887-017-0815-y. |
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| ID | Term |
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| D002547 | Cerebral Palsy |
| ID | Term |
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| D001925 | Brain Damage, Chronic |
| D001927 | Brain Diseases |
| D002493 | Central Nervous System Diseases |
| D009422 | Nervous System Diseases |
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| week 0, week 6, week 12 |
| 3D gait analysis | week 0, week 6 |
| Affoltern am Albis |
| CH-8910 |
| Switzerland |