Can restricting blood flow help kids with hemiplegia walk better?
NCT ID NCT07648550
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tested whether combining blood flow restriction with physical therapy could improve leg muscle strength and walking in 30 children with hemiplegia (ages 3-8). The therapy involved exercises like stretching, balance training, and walking drills while blood flow to the legs was partially restricted. The goal was to see changes in muscle size, strength, and movement control.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- blood flow restriction training combined with physical therapy
- What this could lead to
- If this approach works, it could offer a new way to improve leg muscle strength and walking ability in children with hemiplegia.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed study with only 30 children. Results may not apply to all children with hemiplegia, and the long-term benefits or risks are not yet known.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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30 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2025
- Finished
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Dec 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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3 to 8 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Hemiplegic cerebral palsied children. * The children age will be ranges from 3-8 years chronologically. * The children will have degree of spasticity ranged from 1 to 2 on Modified Ashworth Scale * The children will have Level I according to the Gross Motor Function Classification System. * All children will be able to follow instructions. Exclusion Criteria: children were excluded from the study if they have any problems of the following: * Cognitive dysfunction. * Recent nonunion fracture. * Fixed contractures and deformities. * Previous surgery and Impaired circulation of that lower limb. * Received Botulinum toxin A injections in the last six months. * Children suffers from Peripheral Arterial and venous Diseases in the hemiplegic limb. * Children suffering from uncontrolled convulsions.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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outpatient clinics of General Hospitals in Dakahlia governorate.
Al Mansurah, Egypt
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