Effect of Aerobic Exercises on Static & Dynamic Balance

Riphah International University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Down Syndrome

Treatments: Device: Cycling; Device: Balance Board

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05915780

REC/RCR & AHS/23/0712

Details and patient eligibility

About

To determine the effect of aerobic exercises on static & dynamic balance of children in Down syndrome. When a person has Down syndrome, they have an extra chromosome. In the body, chromosomes are discrete collections of genes. They control how a baby's body develops and works both throughout pregnancy and after birth. A newborn typically has 46 chromosomes. Down syndrome is a genetic disorder that affects physical and developmental growth and can cause minor to severe issues. Mental impairment, unusual facial features, an increased risk of cardiac defects, and digestive issues that can range in severity from mild to severe are all symptoms associated with the syndrome.

Full description

This will be a randomized controlled trial. Total sample size of 20 will be divided into control and experimental groups. Control group will be given with the standard physical therapy intervention as a baseline treatment while experimental group will be given with the aerobic exercise along with baseline treatment. Pediatric balance test and the six-minute walk test will be used before and after the intervention. Data will be analyzed on SPSS 26.0 and necessary analysis will be done after checking the normality of data.

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 5 to 12 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Children with medical diagnosis of DS
• Children with mild (IQ 50-70) to moderate (IQ 35-40) mental retardation
• Age 5-12 Years
• Children who were able to stand and walk

Exclusion criteria

• Recent injury to lower extremities
• History of or ongoing vestibular neuritis
• Use of Walking Aids

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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20 participants in 2 patient groups

Experimental

Experimental group

Description:

The experimental group will be administered with the cycling exercises in addition to the complete plan of care that is being administered to the control group. The cycling intervention will be performed 3 times per week, for 30 minutes, within a 8-week period

Treatment:

Device: Cycling

Controlled

Other group

Description:

Control group will be given with the standard physical therapy intervention that includes progressive resistance training that will be performed using weights, two sets of 10 repetitions will be given for each muscle group, resistance will be increased by ½ Kg as children are able to complete without undue stresses); balance exercises (stand on a balance board, one-leg stance, heal-to-toes stance, walking on balance board, walking on a balance beam, walking on a line, and walking on the inclined surface); flexibility exercises (if required);

Treatment:

Device: Balance Board