Virtual Reality and Whole Body Vibration on Muscle Strength and Balance in Children With DMD

Cairo University (CU)

Status

Completed

Conditions

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD)

Treatments

Device: whole body vibration

Device: virtual reality

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT07338812

P.T.REC/012/006030

Details and patient eligibility

About

we measure balance and quadriceps strength in Duchenne muscular dystrophy children after applying virtual reality and whole body vibration

Full description

Two groups of fifty children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, aged 6 to 10, were randomly assigned after being selected from the outpatient clinic of faculty of physical therapy, Cairo University. Both groups (A and B) participated in physical treatment for three consecutive months; group (A) had designed physical therapy in addition to virtual reality, whereas group (B) had the same physical therapy program with whole-body vibration three times per week.

Enrollment

50 patients

Sex

Male

Ages

6 to 10 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

children diagnosed with DMD
aged between 6 and 10 years
having lower extremities and trunk muscle strength of grade 3+
were able to move their upper and lower limbs normally and being able to walk unhindered at levels I and II of the Ambulation function classification system for DMD (AFCSD)

Exclusion criteria

cardiopulmonary dysfunction or skeletal abnormalities that are either congenital or acquired
had previously experienced lower limb surgical procedure
had neurological conditions that affected their balance and gait or had poor motor development
exhibited behavioural disorders preventing them from cooperating during the trial
being overweight (body mass index (BMI) >25 kg/ m2) because a lot of fat makes it hard for the ultrasound to measure thickness