The Effect of Sensory Integration Balance Training on Children With ABI

Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Children With Acquired Brain Injury

Treatments: Other: Traditional Physiotherapy for balance and gait training; Other: Sensory integration therapy for balance and gait training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06037044

IRB log #22-0364

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aim to investagte the effectivness of sensory integartion balance training during gait training with obstecles and stimulation to different sensation, in comparission to gait training with obstecles without sensory stimulation among children with acuired brain injury

Enrollment: 50 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 4 to 12 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Children with ABI, able to walk with or without assistance, GMFCS level I-III, aged 4-12 years old, with subjective symptoms of balance impairments, fear of falling and/or history of falls

Exclusion criteria

• Botox injections or tendon release surgery in the past six months

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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50 participants in 2 patient groups

Sensory integration therapy for balance and gait

Experimental group

Description:

Sensory integration walking pathway with obstacles x 10 and standing on one leg with eyes open and eyes closed 5-10 sec

Treatment:

Other: Sensory integration therapy for balance and gait training

Other: Traditional Physiotherapy for balance and gait training

Traditional Physiotherapy for balance and gait

Active Comparator group

Description:

Walking pathway with obstacles x 10 and standing on one leg with eyes open 5-10 sec

Treatment:

Other: Sensory integration therapy for balance and gait training

Other: Traditional Physiotherapy for balance and gait training