Sensory room therapy shows promise for balance in kids with cerebral palsy
NCT ID NCT06721663
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether multisensory environment stimulation therapy (a specially designed room with controlled lights, sounds, and textures) can improve balance in children aged 9 to 12 with spastic hemiplegic cerebral palsy. 38 children participated, and the therapy was added to standard physical therapy. The goal was to see if this approach helps with postural control and daily balance skills.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- multisensory environment stimulation therapy
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a new, non-drug way to improve balance and daily function for children with cerebral palsy.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed trial with only 38 participants. Results may not apply to all children with cerebral palsy, and the therapy may not work better than standard physical therapy.
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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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38 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Dec 2024
- Finished
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Apr 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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9 to 12 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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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: * \- Forty children with cerebral palsy, * Age will range as (9:12) years old * spastic hemiplegic cerebral palsy * Normal body mass index standardmore than 50th and less than 85th for age and sex compared to standard Egyptian growth charts adopted by the Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University and National Research Centre. * Gross motor function classification system: level I\&II Exclusion Criteria: * • difficulty to communicate or to understand program instructions * any other neurological deficits or orthopaedic abnormalities, * secondary musculoskeletal complication * vestibular problems
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Lama S Mahmoud
Al Jīzah, Select State, Egypt
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