Training Balance Among People With Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (TAPAS)

University of Hartford

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Balance; Down Syndrome; Cerebral Palsy; Posture; Autism

Treatments: Other: Training with weighted ball

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04293120

PRO19020012

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is a case control pilot study to investigate the impact of a short-term intervention on training anticipatory postural adjustments in a population of people with neurodevelopmental disabilities.

Full description

Data will be collected by using a weighted pendulum to provide a posterior perturbation to test subjects' postural reactions pre and post-intervention. Intervention will include four sessions of weighted ball tosses/weighted tether ball stops to improve muscle activation patterns and efficiency. EMG sensors, 3D motion analysis, and force plates will be used to collect the necessary data.

Enrollment: 3 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 8 to 25 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Participants

1. Able to stand without assistance
2. Diagnosis of cerebral palsy, Down Syndrome, or Autism Spectrum Disorder
3. Able to stop weighted ball without falling
4. Able to follow directions

Controls

1. Able to stand without assistance
2. No neurodeveloopmental disability
3. Able to stop weighted ball without falling
4. Able to follow directions

Exclusion criteria

1. Pregnancy
2. Unable to maintain standing when stopping a ball on a rope

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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3 participants in 1 patient group

Training

Experimental group

Description:

Training 4 sessions over a one week time period of 180 catches/stops with a medicine ball.

Treatment:

Other: Training with weighted ball