Bobath and Vojta Therapy for DS

Pamukkale University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Motor Performance; Down Syndrome; Vojta Technique; Bobath Therapy

Treatments: Other: Vojta technique; Other: Bobath Therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04536506

60116787-020/66911

Details and patient eligibility

About

Different physiotherapy approaches and education programs are applied to minimize motor and mental impairment in children with Down syndrome (DS). The present study was conducted with the aim of comparing the effectiveness of two different physiotherapy approaches in babies with Down syndrome in the early period.

A total of 23 babies with DS aged between 0-24 months were included in the study. Infants were randomly divided to two groups: Bobath therapy (BT) group included 12 infants (6 girls and 6 boys) and Vojta technique (VT) group included 11 infants (4 girls and 7 boys). The infants were applied a total of 12 sessions of physiotherapy (twice weekly during 6 weeks). Alberta Infant Motor Scale (AIMS) was used for comparison of motor development level before and after the therapy. Emotional status of the mothers was evaluated with Beck Depression Scale (BDS) and quality of life was evaluated with Nottigham Health Profile (NHP).

Enrollment: 23 patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 24 months old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• being between 0 and 2 years
• being diagnosed with DS

Exclusion criteria

• having an additional neuro-motor disease

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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23 participants in 2 patient groups

Treatment group

Experimental group

Description:

Bobath group received 45 min of sessions three times weekly for 12 weeks.

Treatment:

Other: Bobath Therapy

Control group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Vojta group received the following three times weekly for 12 weeks.

Treatment:

Other: Vojta technique