Changes in Land-Based Motor Function After Routine Hydrotherapy in Children With Cerebral Palsy
Key facts
- Where
- Safranbolu, TürkiyeSee the site
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Where in Türkiye
- Ozel Safranbolu Ozel Egitim ve Rehabilitasyon MerkeziSafranbolu, TürkiyeContact: Ece Acar, PhDNo longer taking part
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- Who runs it
- Karabuk University
- Trial code
- NCT07907445
- Record updated
- 30 October 2026
- Original description
This retrospective observational study aims to describe changes in land-based motor function recorded before and after routine hydrotherapy among children with cerebral palsy. Existing clinical records from a special education and rehabilitation center in Safranbolu, Türkiye, covering September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2026, will be reviewed after the required ethics approval and institutional authorization. The study will include children younger than 18 years at the start of a documented hydrotherapy course who have comparable assessments using the Gross Motor Function Measure-66 (GMFM-66) before and after that course. No new intervention, examination, or participant contact is planned for research purposes. Changes in motor performance and their associations with age, Gross Motor Function Classification System level, baseline motor function, and recorded hydrotherapy dose will be evaluated when data permit. As this is an uncontrolled retrospective study, observed changes will not be interpreted as the causal effect of hydrotherapy alone. Approximately 45 eligible children are expected. Record abstraction is planned to begin on November 1, 2026; completion is estimated for April 30, 2027.Read full original descriptionShow less
Investigation of Changes in Land-Based Motor Function Following Routine Hydrotherapy in Children With Cerebral Palsy: A Retrospective Medical Record Study
This retrospective observational study aims to describe changes in land-based motor function recorded before and after routine hydrotherapy among children with cerebral palsy. Existing clinical records from a special education and rehabilitation center in Safranbolu, Türkiye, covering September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2026, will be reviewed after the required ethics approval and institutional authorization. The study will include children younger than 18 years at the start of a documented hydrotherapy course who have comparable assessments using the Gross Motor Function Measure-66 (GMFM-66) before and after that course. No new intervention, examination, or participant contact is planned for research purposes. Changes in motor performance and their associations with age, Gross Motor Function Classification System level, baseline motor function, and recorded hydrotherapy dose will be evaluated when data permit. As this is an uncontrolled retrospective study, observed changes will not be interpreted as the causal effect of hydrotherapy alone. Approximately 45 eligible children are expected. Record abstraction is planned to begin on November 1, 2026; completion is estimated for April 30, 2027.
Inclusion: Documented diagnosis of cerebral palsy in the clinical record; Younger than 18 years of age at the beginning of the indexed hydrotherapy course; At least one dated hydrotherapy course recorded during September 1, 2021-August 31, 2026; Comparable land-based assessments using the GMFM-66 before and after the indexed hydrotherapy course.
Exclusion: Cerebral palsy diagnosis or receipt of hydrotherapy cannot be verified from the record; Only one of the two required pre- or post-course measurements is available; Pre- and post-course measurements are not comparable or the primary change score cannot be calculated because of incomplete or inconsistent documentation.