Analysis Of Equilibrium And Motor Coordination Of Deaf Children's Pre And Post Intervention Physiotherapeutic

University of the Sinos Valley

Status: Completed

Conditions: Motor Skills in Deaf Children; Deafness

Treatments: Other: physiotherapy intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01352364

I01

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aimed to assess and reassess the balance and motor skills of deaf children, passed six weeks of intervention and to verify whether a program of physical therapy intervention can match or improve motor skills. This study was quasi-experimental before and after, with 10 children from a school in Caxias do Sul / RS. Motor skills were evaluated using pre and post test KTK Coordination Body, and the activities were held once a week for six weeks in sessions of forty minutes. It was used for statistical analysis the Student t test dependent and independent (p ≤ 0.05).

Enrollment: 10 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 7 to 10 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• age 7 to 10 years of age.
• hearing disorders proven by presenting specific examination of Auditory Evoked Potential and Examination of the brainstem (Brainstem Evoked Response - Bera).
• consent of parents / guardians of children to participate in the study by signing Term of Informed Consent (IC).

Exclusion Criteria:

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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10 participants in 1 patient group

deaf children

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: physiotherapy intervention