Effects of Hydrotherapy in Children With Cerebral Palsy
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Gaziosmanpasa Research and Education Hospital
- Where
- Istanbul, TürkiyeSee the site
- Trial code
- Status
- Recruiting
- People taking part
- 36 people, planned
- Started
- 22 Jan 2025
- Planned end
- 15 Dec 2025
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets an existing treatment, for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- Intervention Group (water-based and conventional exercise)
- control group (conventional exercise)
- Record updated
- 27 March 2025
Who can take part
- Age
- 4 years to 18 years
- Sex
- Women and men
- Healthy volunteers
- Cannot take part
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy by a specialist physician
- Aged between 4-18 years
- Cooperative with physiotherapy applications
- Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) levels 1-4
- Willing to participate in the study and undergo assessments
Who cannot take part
- Injury and/or surgery within the last 6 months
- Presence of an intrathecal baclofen pump for spasticity treatment or history of soft tissue and/or bone surgery
- Active infection or localized skin infection at the injection site
- History of active seizures
- Serious systemic disease that may prevent exercise participation
- Contraindications to hydrotherapy, including severe fear of water, behavioral problems, shortness of breath at rest, infection, incontinence, known chlorine allergy, open wounds, acute systemic illness, epilepsy, tracheostomy, permanent drains, immunodeficiency
- Mental retardation or insufficient cognitive function to comply with study assessments
- GMFCS level 5
- Presence of contractures
- Botulinum toxin injection within the last 6 months
Check if you might fit
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 4 and 18 years old?
Where in Türkiye
- GaziosmanpasaTREHIstanbul, TürkiyeContact: Serap Seringeç KarabulutTaking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
The goal of this observational study is to learn the effects of hydrotherapy in children with cerebral palsy. It aims to answer if hydrotherapy is affective on balance and selective motor control of the children with cerebral palsy.
The 2 groups in the trial
- Intervention GroupTreatment being tested
Patients in the study group will undergo individualized water-based exercises (including standing, balance, weight shifting, breathing exercises, range of motion, stretching, and strengthening exercises) under the supervision of an experienced physiotherapist, 2-3 times per week for six weeks. Additionally, routine conventional exercises will be continued daily for six weeks.
Treatment: Intervention Group (water-based and conventional exercise)
- Control GroupExisting treatment, for comparison
Patients in the control group will continue passive, active, active-assisted, or resistance-based upper and lower extremity conventional exercises appropriate to their functional level and muscle strength. They will be instructed to perform these exercises 2-3 times per week, with each session lasting no more than 45 minutes, for six weeks.
Treatment: control group (conventional exercise)
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Evaluation of the Effects of Hydrotherapy on Balance and Selective Motor Control in Children With Cerebral Palsy
- Fit questions
- Built from NCT06899035, who can take part
- Record updated
- 27 March 2025