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Effect Of Brain Gym Exercises On Balance And Quality Of Life In Children With Spastic Diplegia 44 Exercise-Based

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Clinical Trial NCT07438223 is an interventional study for Cerebral Palsy (CP), Spastic Diplegia that is recruiting. It started on 1 December 2025 with plans to enroll 44 participants. Led by Cairo University, it is expected to complete by 1 June 2026. The latest data from ClinicalTrials.gov was last updated on 27 February 2026.
Brief Summary

Statement of the problem Do brain gym exercises affect balance and quality of life in children with spastic diplegia?

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.
Detailed Description
The Study targets the children with spastic diplegia from both sexes , sample size estimation is 44 children. Children participating in this study will be selected randomly from the pediatric outpatient clinic of Faculty of Physical Therapy Cairo University.
Official Title

Effect Of Brain Gym Exercises On Balance And Quality Of Life In Children With Spastic Diplegia

Conditions
Cerebral Palsy (CP)Spastic Diplegia
Other Study IDs
  • P.T.REC\012\006105
NCT ID Number
NCT07438223
Start Date (Actual)
2025-12-01
Last Update Posted
2026-02-27
Completion Date (Estimated)
2026-06-01
Enrollment (Estimated)
44
Study Type
Interventional
PHASE
N/A
Status
Recruiting
Keywords
Brain gym exercises
Cerebral palsy
Diplegia
Balance
Quality of life
Primary Purpose
Treatment
Design Allocation
Randomized
Interventional Model
Parallel
Masking
Single
Arms / Interventions
Participant Group/ArmIntervention/Treatment
Experimentalgroup A will take conventional physical therapy and brain gym exercises
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 cli...Show More
Brain gym exercises
Brain gym exercises include: Energy exercise: Drinking water Brain buttons Midline movements: Cross crawl Lazy eight Belly breathing exercise Deepening attitude: Hook- ups Lengthening activities: Arm activation The owl Calf pump
Conventional physical therapy program
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 ...Show More
ExperimentalGroup B the control group will take only conventional physical therapy
will take the same conventional physical therapy program for 45 minutes three times per week for three months.
Conventional physical therapy program
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 ...Show More
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome MeasureMeasure DescriptionTime Frame
Balance
Biodex balance system will measure the overall stability index, antero -posterior stability index and medio- lateral stability index, higher score indicate lower stability.
3 months
Quality of life
Cerebral Palsy Quality Of Life Questionnaire (CPQOL)contains 66 items each uses a 9- point rating scale ( for items The minimum value 1, maximum value 9)and then transformed to a 0 to 100 scale. As the total score approaches 100 this means better quality of life. The domains evaluated using it are social well being and acceptance, emotional well-being, function and participation and physical health, access to services, pain and impact of disability, and family health..
3 months
Participation Assistant
Eligibility Criteria

Eligible Ages
Child
Minimum Age
6 Years
Eligible Sexes
All

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 ).

  1. Children with visual or auditory problems.
  2. Children with intellectual disability.
  3. Children have been injected with Botox injection or have done surgery in the last 6 months.
Cairo University logoCairo University
Study Responsible Party
Hagar Mohamed Awaad, Principal Investigator, Assistant lecturer, Cairo University
Study Central Contact
Contact: Hebatallah Mohamed Kamal, Professor, +201065263619, [email protected]
Contact: Maya Galal Abd-Alwahab, Assistant professor, +201141904589, [email protected]
1 Study Locations in 1 Countries

Faculty of Physical Therapy

Faculty of physical therapy cairo university, Cairo, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Egypt
Maya Galal Abd-Alwahab, Assistant professor, Contact, +201141904589, [email protected]
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