Feasibility Nutritional Supplements for Muscle Growth in CP
Recruiting
N/A
Interventional Study
Spastic Cerebral Palsy
No Placebo Group
Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo.
At a Glance
- Age
- 4 – 10
- Sex
- Any
- Study type
- Interventional
- Purpose
- Treatment
- Participants needed
- 5 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven · Other
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About This Trial
The purpose of this study is to investigate the feasibility of a 10-week plan with a nutritional supplement (leucine) and to perform pilot analyses on the effect of leucine on macroscopic muscle morphology in children with cerebral palsy.
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
Spastic Cerebral Palsy (diagnosed by a neuro-pediatrician from the CP Reference Centre of the University Hospital Leuven)
* Uni- of bilateral involvement
* Level II or III on the Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS)
* Muscle volume for the medial gastrocnemius (ta…
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