Effects of Therapeutic Music Combined With Loaded Sit-to-Stand Resistance Exercise for Children With Spastic Diplegia

• Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
• Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
• Main ID: NCT01367327
• Date of registration: 09/08/2010
• Prospective Registration: No
• Primary sponsor: National Taiwan University Hospital
• Public title: Effects of Therapeutic Music Combined With Loaded Sit-to-Stand Resistance Exercise for Children With Spastic Diplegia
• Scientific title: Effects of Therapeutic Music Combined With Loaded Sit-to-Stand Resistance Exercise for Children With Spastic Diplegia
• Date of first enrolment: January 2009
• Target sample size: 36
• Recruitment status: Completed
• URL: http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01367327
• Study type: Interventional
• Study design: Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Phase: N/A

Countries of recruitment

Taiwan

Contacts

• Name: Hua-Fang Liao, MS
• Affiliation: Institute of Physical Therapy, National Taiwan University

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- children with SD, aged 5 to 13 year-old, and GMFCS level between I to III

- able to stand up from a chair independently and maintain standing for more than 2
seconds without falling

- able to follow verbal instructions

Exclusion Criteria:

- have orthopedic surgery, selective dorsal rhizotomy, or use of a baclofen pump within
6 months

- have orthopedic problems or other medical conditions preventing the child from
joining the resistance exercise program, such as obvious LE joint contractures,
uncontrolled epilepsy, or cardiopulmonary problems

- hearing loss or using hearing aid

- have mental disorders, such as pervasive developmental disorders and
attention-deficit and disruptive behavior disorders



Age minimum: 5 Years
Age maximum: 13 Years
Gender: Both

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Cerebral Palsy

Paraparesis, Spastic

Intervention(s)

Behavioral: Synchronized music

Behavioral: Loaded sit-to-stand exercise

Primary Outcome(s)

Gross Motor Function Measure [Time Frame: 12 weeks]

Secondary Outcome(s)

Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory [Time Frame: 12 weeks]

One-repetition maximum of loaded sit-to-stand test [Time Frame: 12 weeks]

Intrinsic Motivation Inventory-Chinese Version [Time Frame: 12 weeks]

Exercise Adherence and Volume [Time Frame: 12 weeks]

Motor Control Variables of the STS Movement [Time Frame: 12 weeks]

Secondary ID(s)

0971762466

98-2314-B-002-011-MY3

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors