An interventional study of walking on a treadmill with a sloped surface and treadmill in Cerebral Palsy and Spastic Diplegia, sponsored by Nantes University Hospital. Completed at 1 site in France. Open to participants aged 6 Years to 14 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2020-08-06.
Sponsored by Nantes University Hospital · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
The adaptations in kinematics and muscle activity, investigated by 3D gait analysis and dynamic electromyography recordings, will be studied in children with bilateral spastic cerebral palsy during level walking, and before and after a training on a treadmill with a sloped surface (7°). Data will be compared with those obtained in a sample of typically developing (TD) children (controls)
15 CP children and 15 TD children aged 6 to 14 years will take part in this study. Dynamic EMG recordings will be performed as well as kinematic data assessments through a gait analysis system. Three different slopes will be assessed, using a treadmill. The primary outcome measure will be the minimal knee extension value in the stance phase. The changes in kinematics will be overall assessed through the Gait Profile Score (Baker et al.). The details in changes will be assessed through statistical parametric mapping (SPM). The changes in muscle activity induced by the slope will be investigated by statistical parametric mapping of the EMG or kinematic data.
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Inclusion Criteria for children with CP:
Inclusion Criteria for TD children:
Exclusion Criteria:
Procedure: walking on a treadmill with a sloped surface · Device: treadmill
walking on a treadmill with a sloped surface
walking on a treadmill with a sloped surface
minimal knee extension in stance (kinematics)
quantitative value of the extension (degree(s))
Time frame: 1 day (single evaluation)
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