Effect of the Sensory Integration Approach on Balance and Motor Coordination in Children With Down Syndrome

NCT ID: NCT05583565

Last Updated: 2022-10-17

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 30 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2021-05-14
• Study Completion Date: 2022-02-12

Brief Summary

Down syndrome can be characterized by global mental and physical dysfunction or isolated gait, cognition, growth, or sensory disturbances. This study was conducted to investigate the effect of the sensory integration approach on improving balance and motor coordination in children with Down syndrome.

Detailed Description

Thirty children were enrolled in this study and randomly assigned to two groups: Group A received (sensory integration therapy program and training in physical therapy) and received group B (physical therapy training program only). Motor coordination and balance were assessed before and after exercise for all children using Bruininks - Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency - 2nd Edition.

Conditions

Down Syndrome

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: DOUBLE

Study Groups

study group

receiving sensory integration approach

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

sensory integration approach

Intervention Type: OTHER

Sensory integration refers to how the nervous system receives messages from multimodal sensory information systems to maintain balance, posture, and balance by monitoring head movement and stabilizing the eyes about the environment

control group

receiving conventional physical therapy

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

traditional physical therapy program

Intervention Type: OTHER

conventional physiotherapy training programs such as the following: 1)Hand function training by locating the Grading of the hand and training this level until it is well developed to transfer to the next level according to 8 parameters (partner's height-shape-weight-texture -reaction time-speed-accuracy-number of trials).

2) equilibrium training by promoting posture reaction. 3)ADL activity training (nutrition training-dressing training-toilet training). 4) Functional skill training through walking (walking on sand, weight on legs, and Climbing stairs ).

Interventions

sensory integration approach

Sensory integration refers to how the nervous system receives messages from multimodal sensory information systems to maintain balance, posture, and balance by monitoring head movement and stabilizing the eyes about the environment

Intervention Type: OTHER

traditional physical therapy program

conventional physiotherapy training programs such as the following: 1)Hand function training by locating the Grading of the hand and training this level until it is well developed to transfer to the next level according to 8 parameters (partner's height-shape-weight-texture -reaction time-speed-accuracy-number of trials).

2) equilibrium training by promoting posture reaction. 3)ADL activity training (nutrition training-dressing training-toilet training). 4) Functional skill training through walking (walking on sand, weight on legs, and Climbing stairs ).

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• children with Down syndrome
• the ages of five and ten years who can walk
• their IQ is more than 75%

Exclusion Criteria

• they had a serious neurological disorder (epilepsy), orthopedic problems, upper or lower limb surgery, vision or hearing problems, use of medications that impair behavior or attention, and suffered from advanced intellectual disability

• Minimum Eligible Age: 5 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 10 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Cairo University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Shimaa Mohamed Reffat

lecturer at physical therapy faculty

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

CairoU

Giza, , Egypt

Countries

Egypt

Other Identifiers

sensory integration

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id