FES in Cerebral Palsy
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Functional Electrical Stimulation for the Management of Crouch Gait in Children with Cerebral Palsy
IRAS ID
347391
Contact name
Jonathan Marsden
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Plymouth
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 3 months, 1 days
Research summary
This is a single case series exploring the impact of an intervention called Functional Electrical Stimulation in children with cerebral Palsy and crouch gait, aged 8-18 years old. Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) is a small pocket device, which allows for precisely timed muscle activation during walking.
The aim is to find out how FES affects the degree of knee bend when walking in children with crouch gait and cerebral palsy.
The study will be 20 weeks duration. Children will start with an 8 week period of Usual physiotherapy care (phase A). This is followed by a 1 week period of getting use to using FES and then an 8 week intervention phase (phase B) when FES is used every day. Before and after each phase assessments of muscle strength and walking will take place. There will be additional 45 minute weekly assessments of fatigue, muscle strength and walking.
REC name
North of Scotland Research Ethics Committee 1
REC reference
24/NS/0123
Date of REC Opinion
29 Nov 2024
REC opinion
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