Children With Surgically Corrected Acyanotic Congenital Heart Disease
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Delta University for Science and Technology
- Where
- Egypt1 site in 1 countryChoose a country to see its sites
- Trial code
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- People taking part
- 80 people, planned
- Started
- 31 May 2026
- Planned end
- 1 Sept 2026
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets no study treatment, for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- treadmill walking sessions
- Record updated
- 26 May 2026
Who can take part
- Age
- 48 months to 72 months
- Sex
- Women and men
- Healthy volunteers
- Cannot take part
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- For cyanotic postoperative congenital heart disease group:; Children diagnosed with acyanotic postoperative congenital heart disease; Underwent surgical repair for CHD; Has a history of only one surgical intervention; Age between 48 and 72 months; Mentally normal, with an IQ between 85 and 115; For the healthy control group (HCG):
- For healthy children aged 48 to 72 months. Full school attendance. Full participation in social and recreational activities. Parents/guardians provided written informed consent
Who cannot take part
- Genetic disorders
- Severe neurological disorders
- Cyanotic congenital heart disease
- Children were excluded if they had:
- Perinatal complications
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About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
The goal of this quasi-experimental pretest-posttest controlled study is to learn whether moderate-intensity treadmill exercise can improve gait kinematics, walking capacity, and motor performance in preschool children aged 48-72 months with surgically corrected acyanotic congenital heart disease.
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The main questions it aims to answer are:
Does moderate-intensity treadmill training improve gait kinematics, including stride length, walking speed, and double-stance percentage? Does moderate-intensity treadmill training improve walking capacity and balance in children with surgically corrected acyanotic congenital heart disease?
Researchers compared children with surgically corrected acyanotic congenital heart disease who received treadmill training with age-matched healthy children to see whether the exercise program could reduce gait, balance, and walking-capacity differences between the groups.
Participants with congenital heart disease completed:
Four treadmill walking sessions per week for 10 weeks. Moderate-intensity walking at approximately 70% of maximal heart rate. Pre- and post-intervention assessments of gait kinematics using three-dimensional motion analysis.
Balance assessment using the Pediatric Balance Scale. Walking capacity assessment using the six-minute walk test.
The 2 groups in the trial
- congenital heart diseaseTreatment being tested
The children in this group received walking sessions weekly for 10 weeks.
Treatment: treadmill walking sessions
- healthy groupNo study treatment, for comparison
health control group
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.
- Record updated
- 26 May 2026