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Determine the effect of repeated pelvis perturbation training on trunk posture and locomotor function in children with CP.
We will determine whether repeat exposure to pelvis perturbation during sitting astride will induce functional improvements in trunk postural control and locomotion in children with CP.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Robotic hippotherapy | Experimental | For the robotic training group, each subject will be trained for 40 minutes. Specifically, each participant will sit astride on a robotic horse with the force perturbation will be applied in the anterior-posterior direction and up/down direction. |
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| Conventional physical therapy | Active Comparator | For the conventional physical therapy group, each subject will be trained for 40 minutes, which will include 10 minutes of stretching, followed by 10 minutes of sitting and 10 minutes of standing balance training, and 10 minutes of treadmill walking. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| robotic hippotherapy | Behavioral | A custom designed cable-driven robotic system that mimics horseback movement during walking was used in this study. |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Change in Trunk Control Measurement Scale (TCMS) score from baseline. | The maximum value for the total TCMS is 58 points (no unit). Specifically, there is 20 points for the category 'static sitting balance', 28 points for 'selective movement control', and 10 points for 'dynamic reaching'). A higher TCMS scores indicates a better motor performance in trunk control. | baseline, post 6 weeks of training and 8 weeks after the end of training. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Change in Walking speed from baseline | Overground walking speed | baseline, post 6 weeks of training and 8 weeks after the end of training. |
| Chang in 6-minute walking distance from baseline | Walking distance within 6 minutes |
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| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| Ming Wu | Contact | 3122380700 | w-ming@northwestern.edu |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Ming Wu | Shirley Ryan AbilityLab | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Shirley Ryan AbilityLab | Recruiting | Chicago | Illinois | 60611 | United States |
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| ID | Term |
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| D002652 | Child Behavior |
| ID | Term |
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| D001519 | Behavior |
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Participants will be randomly assigned to two groups
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| Conventional physical therapy | Behavioral | Stretching of trunk and leg muscles, followed by sitting and standing balance training, and conventional treadmill walking. |
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| baseline, post 6 weeks of training and 8 weeks after the end of training. |
| Change in GMFM-66 | Gross Motor Function Measure | baseline, post 6 weeks of training and 8 weeks after the end of training. |