Effects of Stretch-shortening Cycle Exercises Postural Control in Down Syndrome

NCT04966403 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 0018/0086
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 32
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

To investigate the effect of a 3-month, trampoline-based stretch-shortening cycle (SSC) exercises on muscle strength and postural control in children with Down syndrome.

Conditions

Down Syndrome

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Grade of Muscle strength by hand-held dynamometer

  A calibrated hand-held dynamometer (Micro FET2, Hoggan Health Technologies Inc., UT, USA) was used

  at baseline

• Grade of Muscle strength by hand-held dynamometer

  A calibrated hand-held dynamometer (Micro FET2, Hoggan Health Technologies Inc., UT, USA) was used

  after 12 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Postural control index by Balance Biodex System

  at baseline

• Postural control index by Balance Biodex System

  after 12 weeks

Study Arms (2)

standard physical therapy

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants in the standard physical therapy received the standard physical therapy (sPT) program, which was conducted according to the needs of each participant and was generally concerned with building strength, enhancing developmental skills, boosting balance, coordination, and postural control, improving physical fitness, and minimizing the development of the compensatory movement patterns that children with DS are likely to develop.

Other: Standard physical therapy

trampoline-based stretch-shortening cycle exercises

EXPERIMENTAL

In addition to the sPT, the SSC group received 15-minute SSC exercise sessions, twice weekly, with a total of 24 sessions over 12 successive weeks.

Other: trampoline-based stretch-shortening cycle exercises

Interventions

Standard physical therapy OTHER

building strength, enhancing developmental skills, boosting balance, coordination, and postural control

Also known as: physical fitness

standard physical therapy

trampoline-based stretch-shortening cycle exercises OTHER

muscle strength

Also known as: postural control

trampoline-based stretch-shortening cycle exercises

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 7 Years - 9 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• age between 7 and 9 years.
• able to follow one step motor commands.
• independent ambulators.
• not suffering from atlantoaxial joint instability as reported from their medical files.

You may not qualify if:

• Children with un-corrected cardiac anomalies.
• Children with un-corrected vision or hearing loss.
• Children with un-corrected pulmonary disorders.
• Children with un-corrected neurological signs as epilepsy.
• Children who had a history of musculoskeletal surgery in the lower extremities through the past year.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Qassim University: lead
• Cairo University: collaborator
• Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

King Khalid Hospital

Al Kharj, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia

Location

Related Publications (3)

• Alsakhawi RS, Elshafey MA. Effect of Core Stability Exercises and Treadmill Training on Balance in Children with Down Syndrome: Randomized Controlled Trial. Adv Ther. 2019 Sep;36(9):2364-2373. doi: 10.1007/s12325-019-01024-2. Epub 2019 Jul 12.

  PMID: 31301057 BACKGROUND

• Aalizadeh B, Mohammadzadeh H, Khazani A, Dadras A. Effect of a Trampoline Exercise on the Anthropometric Measures and Motor Performance of Adolescent Students. Int J Prev Med. 2016 Jul 13;7:91. doi: 10.4103/2008-7802.186225. eCollection 2016.

  PMID: 27512557 RESULT

• Champagne D, Dugas C. Improving gross motor function and postural control with hippotherapy in children with Down syndrome: case reports. Physiother Theory Pract. 2010 Nov;26(8):564-71. doi: 10.3109/09593981003623659. Epub 2010 Jul 31.

  PMID: 20673078 RESULT

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Down Syndrome

Interventions

Physical Fitness; Postural Balance

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Intellectual Disability; Neurobehavioral Manifestations; Neurologic Manifestations; Nervous System Diseases; Abnormalities, Multiple; Congenital Abnormalities; Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities; Chromosome Disorders; Genetic Diseases, Inborn

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena; Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena; Health; Population Characteristics; Proprioception; Vestibulocochlear Physiological Phenomena; Physiological Phenomena; Sensation; Nervous System Physiological Phenomena

Study Officials

• Alshimaa Azab, PhD

  Cairo University

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator, Assistant Professor, College of Medical Rehabilitation, Qassim University, Saudi Arabia. Consultant Physical Therapist, El-Sahel Teaching Hospital, General Organization for Teaching Hospitals and Institutes, Cairo, Egypt.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 14, 2021
• First Posted: July 19, 2021
• Study Start: December 1, 2018
• Primary Completion: August 20, 2019
• Study Completion: June 5, 2020
• Last Updated: September 16, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-09

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL
• Time Frame: 6 months after publication
• Access Criteria: relevance to the topic of the study and approval of all co-authors within 1 month of receiving the request.

Locations

SA (1)