Clinical trials: Muscle Damage
Sialorrhea, Spastic Cerebral Palsy (sCP)
Effect of SCS Technique on Oromotor Skills in Children With CP
This study evaluates the clinical efficacy of the Strain Counter-Strain (SCS) technique on improving oromotor functions in children with spastic cerebral palsy.
- Conditions
- Sialorrhea, Spastic Cerebral Palsy (sCP), Strain Counterstrain Technique, Oral Motor Functions
- Trial name
- NCT07516860
- Testing
- Strain Counter-Strain (SCS), Designed Oral Motor Program
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Cairo University
Spastic Cerebral Palsy (sCP)
Biomechanical and Functional Effects of Adding Sensory-Threshold Electrical Stimulation to Neurodevelopmental Therapy in Children With Spastic Cerebral Palsy: A Single-Arm Repeated-Measures Study
This study investigates whether adding sensory-level electrical stimulation to an ongoing neurodevelopmental treatment program is associated with changes in ankle mobility, spasticity-related measures, muscle mechanical…
- Trial name
- NCT07491341
- Testing
- Sensory Electrical Stimulation
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 11 people
- Sponsor
- Harran University
Cerebral Palsy, Muscle
How Are the Muscles Affected in Cerebral Palsy? A Study of Muscle Biopsies Taken During Orthopaedic Surgery.
Cerebral palsy (CP) is a motor disorder caused by an injury to the immature brain. Even though the brain damage does not change, children with CP will have progressively weaker, shorter and stiffer muscles that will lead to…
- Conditions
- Cerebral Palsy, Muscle, Muscle Contracture, Muscle Spasticity
- Trial name
- CPTDBiopsy (NCT05506228)
- Testing
- No intervention
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eva Ponten
Cerebral Palsy, Muscle Spasticity
Does Botulinum Toxin A Make Walking Easier in Children With Cerebral Palsy?
In Norway, about 60% of all children with cerebral palsy (CP) are being treated with botulinum toxin A (BoNT-A) at 6 years of age, mainly in the legs.
- Trial name
- WE (NCT02546999)
- Testing
- botox
- Where
- 7 sites in France, Norway and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 61 people
- Sponsor
- St. Olavs Hospital
Spastic Cerebral Palsy
Knee Joint Angle Affect Muscle Architecture in Children With Cerebral Palsy
To determine if there is an effect of knee joint angle on muscle architecture in children with spastic cerebral palsy
- Trial name
- NCT06481722
- Testing
- cerebral palsy
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Cairo University
Cerebral Palsy
Testing an Adjustable Ankle Orthosis During Walking in Cerebral Palsy
This study seeks to determine how an adjustable stiffness ankle braces affects walking performance and biomechanics in cerebral palsy.
- Trial name
- NCT06262191
- Testing
- Differential and adjustable stiffness AFO (DAS-AFO)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 11 people
- Sponsor
- Northern Arizona University
Cerebral Palsy
Taping in Children With Cerebral Palsy
Kinesio taping (KT) has been commonly used in rehabilitation in children with Unilateral Cerebral Palsy (UCP). However, there is a lack of studies that verified the effects of KT in CP.
- Trial name
- NCT03296865
- Testing
- Kinesio taping
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 11 people
- Sponsor
- Adriana Neves Dos Santos
Cerebral Palsy
Ischemic Conditioning to Enhance Function (I-C-FUN) in Children With Cerebral Palsy
The purpose of this research study is to determine if remote limb ischemic conditioning (RLIC) can increase skeletal muscle power, enhance learning of motor (dynamic balance) task, and improve walking performance in children with…
- Trial name
- I-C-FUN (NCT04598711)
- Testing
- RLIC, Muscle Power training, Balance training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- East Carolina University
Spastic Diplegic Cerebral Palsy
Efficacy and Functional Outcomes of Botulinum Toxin A Injections to Hamstrings in Flexed Knee Gait in Cerebral Palsy
The study proposes to determine if injections of BTX-A to the hamstring muscles result in measurable physiologic changes not observed with normal saline injections in children with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy who walk with a…
- Trial name
- NCT00261131
- Testing
- Botulinum Toxin A
- Volunteers
- 250 people
- Sponsor
- Shriners Hospitals for Children
Cerebral Palsy
Validity and Reliability The Foot-taping Test in Children With Cerebral Palsy
In spastic cerebral palsy, there are interrelated neuromuscular deficits that can affect ankle joint control, including impaired selective voluntary motor control, muscle weakness, spasticity, and shortened muscle-tendon units.
- Trial name
- NCT07091201
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 32 people
- Sponsor
- Afyonkarahisar Health Sciences University
Cerebral Palsy Spastic Diplegia
Effect of Blood Flow Restriction With Aerobic Training on Chest Muscles in Diaplegic Cerebral Palsy
To evaluate the effect of blood flow restriction combined with aerobic training on chest muscle strength in individual with diaplegic cerebral palsy
- Trial name
- NCT07072533
- Testing
- blood flow restriction training
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Cairo University
Cerebral Palsy
Motor Imagery Training in Children With Unilateral Cerebral Palsy
Motor imagery (MI) is a promising method to improve more cognitive aspects of motor behaviour, and may, thus, be effective for facilitating motor planning in children with Cerebral Palsy (CP).
- Trial name
- NCT03954808
- Testing
- Motor Imagery Training, Traditional physiotherapy
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 51 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Abant Izzet Baysal University
Stroke, Dystonia
MyoSense- Automated Muscle Hypertonicity Classification System
It is often difficult to quantify and distinguish aspects of abnormal muscle tone due to neurological injury. This makes it difficult to evaluate therapies that aim to reduce the effects of abnormal muscle tone.
- Conditions
- Stroke, Dystonia, Cerebral Palsy
- Trial name
- NCT02076581
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 53 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Great Lakes NeuroTechnologies Inc.
Cerebral Palsy, Muscle Contraction
The Muscle in Children With Cerebral Palsy - Longitudinal Exploration of Microscopic Muscle Structure.
Cerebral palsy (CP) is a motor impairment due to a brain malformation or a brain lesion before the age of two. Spasticity, hypertonus in flexor muscles, dyscoordination and an impaired sensorimotor control are cardinal symptoms.
- Conditions
- Cerebral Palsy, Muscle Contraction, Muscle Spasticity
- Trial name
- CPBiopsyBTX (NCT05497609)
- Testing
- no intervention. Care as ususal
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Eva Ponten
Cerebral Palsy, Spastic
Influence of Immobilisation, Stretching and Activity on Morphological and Mechanical Properties of Spastic Muscle
Neurologic changes caused by cerebral palsy (CP) result in adaptation of muscle architecture and function (e.g. shortened muscles and contractures).
- Trial name
- NCT05269745
- Testing
- Stretching through immobilisation (IG), Stretching through immobilisation and activity (IAG), Control Phase
- Where
- Austria
- Volunteers
- 14 people
- Sponsor
- Medical University of Graz
Sjogren-Larsson Syndrome (SLS)
Sjogren-Larsson Syndrome: Natural History, Clinical Variation and Evaluation of Biochemical Markers
Sjogren-Larsson syndrome (SLS) is a rare genetic disease in which patients typically exhibit ichthyosis (dry, scaly skin), intellectual disability, spasticity, seizures and a distinctive maculopathy.
- Trial name
- SLS (NCT01971957)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- University of Nebraska
Cerebral Palsy
Vibration Intervention to Improve Bone and Muscle in Children With Cerebral Palsy
Cerebral palsy is a group of disorders characterized by lack of coordination in the muscles, loss of movement, and speech disturbances.
- Trial name
- NCT00295295
- Testing
- High frequency, low magnitude vibration, Standing
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 34 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Athletes Foot
Curcuma Extract Beneficial for Muscle Damage
Muscle damage and inflammation is a clinical problem caused by the unimpeachable body adaptation of strenuous exercise through increasing free radicals.
- Trial name
- NCT04439981
- Testing
- Ice cream
- Where
- Indonesia
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitas Muhammadiyah Semarang
Cerebral Palsy, Traumatic Brain Injury
Effect of Trunk Support on Academic Engagement of Children With Severe Disability
This study evaluates the effect of optimizing trunk support based on segmental principles of trunk control, on academic engagement of children in academic settings.
- Conditions
- Cerebral Palsy, Traumatic Brain Injury, Metabolic Disease, Hypotonia
- Trial name
- NCT05391594
- Testing
- customized posture support
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- University of Hartford
Pediatrics, Muscle Spasticity
BOTOX® Treatment in Pediatric Lower Limb Spasticity
This study will evaluate the safety and efficacy of BOTOX® (botulinum toxin Type A) in pediatric patients with lower limb spasticity.
- Conditions
- Pediatrics, Muscle Spasticity, Cerebral Palsy
- Trial name
- NCT01603628
- Testing
- botulinum toxin Type A
- Where
- 53 sites in United States, Hungary and 7 more
- Volunteers
- 384 people
- Sponsor
- Allergan