Functional Electrical Stimulation With Core Stabilization Exercises in Children With Spastic Diplegia
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Cairo University
- Where
- Cairo, EgyptSee the site
- Trial code
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- People taking part
- 36 people, planned
- Started
- 15 Aug 2025
- Planned end
- 15 Jan 2026
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets an existing treatment, for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- designed physical therapy program
- core stabilization exercise with neuromuscular electrical stimulation
- Record updated
- 7 August 2025
Who can take part
- Age
- 4 years to 6 years
- Sex
- Women and men
- Healthy volunteers
- Cannot take part
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Their age will range from 4 to 6 years
- Their degree of spasticity will range from 1 to 1+, according to the modified Ashworth scale
- Their motor function will be at level Ⅰ \& Ⅱ according to gross motor function classification system
- Their pelvic tilting angle will be more than 7.6°
Who cannot take part
- Botulinum toxin injection or orthopedic surgery within past 6 months or within study period
- Epilepsy
- Musculoskeletal fixed deformities in lower limbs and spine
- Visual or hearing problems
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 6 years old?
Where in Egypt
- out-patient clinic, faculty of physical therapy, Cairo universityCairo, EgyptContact: Ahmed AbdElsamed Mahmoud, physical therapistNo longer taking part
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
This study was done to:
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* investigate the combined effect of functional electrical stimulation with core stabilization exercises on pelvic tilting in children with spastic diplegia. * To investigate the combined effect of functional electrical stimulation with core stabilization exercises on standing balance in children with spastic diplegia.
The 2 groups in the trial
- functional electrical stimulation and designed physiotherapy programTreatment being tested
Children in this group will receive the same training program as control group for 30-minutes in addition to functional electrical stimulation using EV-906 DIGITAL transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation/EMS neuromuscular stimulator device during core stability exercises for 30-minutes 3 sessions/week for 3 months
Treatment: designed physical therapy program and core stabilization exercise with neuromuscular electrical stimulation
- designed physiotherapy programExisting treatment, for comparison
Children in this group will receive designed physiotherapy program for 1 hour including core stability exercises focusing on correcting pelvic tilting and standing balance. Each child will participate for 1 hour, 3 sessions/week for 3 months
Treatment: designed physical therapy program
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.
- Fit questions
- Built from NCT07110025, who can take part
- Record updated
- 7 August 2025