Effect Of Brain Gym Exercises On Postural Stability In Children With Down Syndrome

This study will be conducted to detect the effect of brain gym exercises on postural stability in children with down syndrome .

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Down Syndrome
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Brain Gym Exercises; Other: Traditional physiotherapy

Detailed Description

Evaluation procedures:

History of the patients was carefully taken to collect data about their general conditions, physical activity and current medication. The procedures of this study were divided in the following main parts:

-Preparatory Procedures:

• All medical and demographic data of subjects will be collected
• The role of physical therapy importance in improving their life will be explained.
• The basic vital signs of all patients will be monitored (BP, temperature, respiratory rate, and HR).
• The patients will be instructed to report any side effects during the treatment sessions .

explained to the children and to their parents, before conducting the study. All the participants were screened (examined) according to inclusion and exclusion criteria. then met the parents of the participants, told them about the study, and received a written approval from them .

All the children were firstly screened for balance deficit (static , dynamic and functional balance) by using

• Single leg stance Test (SLS) for static balance assessment
• Timed up and Go Test (TUG) for dynamic balance assessment

• Paediatric Balance Scale (PBS) for functional balance assessment

  • the assessment and the treatment program, were conducted for each child individually, before and after the treatment period.

assessment :

• Single leg stance Test (SLS) for static balance assessment
• Timed up and Go Test (TUG) for dynamic balance assessment
• Paediatric Balance Scale (PBS) for functional balance assessment

TTT :

Group A will receive brain gym exercises and physiotherapy, while Group (B) will receive physiotherapy alone.

brain gym exercises will be applied for 12 weeks , 3 per week .

Therapist Will ask the child to drink a cup of water ,then investigators apply these exercises :

Cross Crawl - Elephant - Belly breathing -The owl - Arm activation -positive points - Energizer - foot flex - neck rolls -the grounder -Brain Buttons -Hook Up Sitting position - Thinking Caps- Lazy Eights - The Rocker-Calf pump - The gravity glider exercise.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 32
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Aliaa Al Goda, bachelor's; Phone Number: +20 01142141734; Email: aliaatohamey@gmail.com

Study Locations

• Egypt
  • Kafrelshiekh
    • Kafr Ash Shaykh, Kafrelshiekh, Egypt
      • Physical Therapy

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 6 years to 12 years (Child)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

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Child characteristics:

• Their age ranged from six to twelve years.
• Both genders will be included.
• ALL children were mentally sub-normal and they were able to understand the command that will give to them (IQ ranged from 60 - 70) according to the national research centre reports.
• Their weight and height will be within normal ranges.
• They were able to stand on the balance check system and maintain stability on it.

Exclusion Criteria:

hildren with DS, who might have one or more of the following will be excluded:

• Children with severe mental retardation.
• Children who have any associated disorders or any congenital abnormalities that may affect balance.
• Children with visual defects that can affect their performance.
• Obese children.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Double

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Group A; will receive brain gym exercises and physiotherapy .	Other: Brain Gym Exercises; Brain gym exercises is a collection of simple movements that function to stimulate the development of all parts of the brain synergistically.
Active Comparator: Group (B); will receive physiotherapy alone.	Other: Traditional physiotherapy; A Group of exercises

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Postural Stability	we will use; Single leg stance TEST (SLS); Timed up and Go Test ( TUG); Paediatric Balance Scale (PBS)	3 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Aliaa Altohamy Goda

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): May 1, 2023
• Primary Completion (Actual): November 28, 2023
• Study Completion (Actual): November 28, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: March 3, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 3, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): March 15, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 12, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 7, 2024
• Last Verified: March 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Postural Stability; Brain Gym Exercises
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pathologic Processes; Nervous System Diseases; Neurologic Manifestations; Neurobehavioral Manifestations; Disease; Congenital Abnormalities; Genetic Diseases, Inborn; Intellectual Disability; Abnormalities, Multiple; Chromosome Disorders; Syndrome; Down Syndrome
• Other Study ID Numbers: EG, KFS lab Research7

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No