Effect Of Brain Gym Exercises On Balance And Quality Of Life In Children With Spastic Diplegia
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Cairo University
- Where
- Egypt1 site in 1 countryChoose a country to see its sites
- Trial code
- Status
- Completed
- People taking part
- 44 people enrolled
- Started
- 1 Dec 2025
- Ended
- 1 Sept 2026
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groups
- Treatments tested
- Brain gym exercises
- Conventional physical therapy program
- Record updated
- 21 October 2026
Who can take part
- Age
- 6 years to 8 years
- Sex
- Women and men
- Healthy volunteers
- Cannot take part
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- 1 - Children with spastic diplegia who have balance problems in standing and gait
- 2-Degree of spasticity ranges from 1 and 1+, according to modified Ashworth scale (MAS)
- 3- The age of children will range from 6 to 8 years old. 4-The height of children will be at least one meter. 5- Children are levels I and II according to GMFCS (Gross Motor Classification System )
Who cannot take part
- Children have been injected with Botox injection or have done surgery in the last 6 months
- Children with visual or auditory problems
- Children with intellectual disability
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About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
Statement of the problem Do brain gym exercises affect balance and quality of life in children with spastic diplegia?
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Null hypotheses:
1. There will be no significant effect of brain gym exercises on balance in children with spastic diplegia. 2. There will be no significant effect of brain gym exercises on quality of life in children with spastic diplegia.
The 2 groups in the trial
- group A will take conventional physical therapy and brain gym exercisesTreatment being tested
Group A will take conventional physical therapy for 45 minutes and brain gym exercises for 30 minutes for three months three sessions per week . Conventional physical therapy program includes: Balance from standing Sit to stand Standing balance One leg standing Ball kicking Reaching out Pick up objects outside the stability limit Gait training Walking sideways Walking backwards Obstacle course walking and stair climbing Brain gym exercises include: Energy exercise: Drinking water Brain buttons Midlinemovements: Cross crawl Lazy eight Belly breathing exercise Deepening attitude: Hook- ups Lengthening activities: Arm activation The owl Calf pump
Treatment: Brain gym exercises and Conventional physical therapy program
- Group B the control group will take only conventional physical therapyTreatment being tested
will take the same conventional physical therapy program for 45 minutes three times per week for three months.
Treatment: Conventional physical therapy program
Data and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Record updated
- 21 October 2026