The Effectiveness of Purposeful Exercises in Children Diagnosed With Special Learning Disabilities

August 16, 2023 updated by: Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Ömer Şevgin, Uskudar University

Investigation of the Effect of Purposeful Balance and Coordination Exercises on Attention and Quality of Life in Children Diagnosed With Special Learning Disabilities.

The aim of the study is to examine the effect of purposeful balance and coordination exercises on attention and quality of life in children diagnosed with special learning disabilities.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

The study was planned as a randomized controlled trial, and children aged 7-17 who were diagnosed with "Special Learning Disability" in a special education center in Kocaeli-Darica were included as a sample. Children were divided into experimental and control groups by randomization. In addition to the individual training program they received from the special training center, the experimental group was given goal-oriented balance and coordination exercises for 8 weeks, 2 days a week for 40 minutes. The control group continued only the individual training program. All participants and their parents were informed about the study, and an informed consent form was obtained from the participants and their parents. In order to collect data from the participants; "Leisure Time Activity Questionnaire for Children" to determine physical activity levels, "Quality of Life Assessment Questionnaire for Children" to determine their quality of life, "Bruininks-Oseretsky Motor Proficiency Test 2 short form" to evaluate motor skills, "Burdon Attention Test" to measure attention level used. These tests and forms were repeated before starting the study and at the end of the study. Pre- and post-intervention data were statistically analyzed and compared.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

45

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Turkey
      • Istanbul, Turkey
        • Özel Eğitim Merkezi

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Being diagnosed with Special Learning Disabilities
  • To be between the ages of 7-15
  • To attend the special education and rehabilitation center and individual support training program regularly.
  • Not having exercise intolerance or any disease that prevents exercise
  • The child's willingness to participate in the study and the consent of the parent to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Having physical or psychological disorders in addition to the diagnosis of Special Learning Disabilities (ADHD, etc.)
  • Being diagnosed with Special Learning Disabilities and not complying with the age range
  • Not attending the individual training program regularly
  • Parents not giving consent for the child to participate in the study

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: control group
continued their normal education and physiotherapy
Other: control
The control group continued only the individual support education program.
Experimental: experimental group
they continued their normal training and physiotherapy, in addition, purposeful balance and coordination exercises were given for 40 minutes a day, 2 days a week for 8 weeks.
Other: exercise

In addition to the individual support training program, the exercise group was given a balance and coordination exercise protocol including 40 minutes, 2 days a week.

These exercises are:

It consisted of warm-up (10 minutes), purposeful balance and coordination exercises (20 minutes), and cool-down (10 minutes) exercises.

Balance and coordination exercises with purpose were created with a series of exercises based on copying the shape of the blocks on the cards placed at the beginning of a track consisting of stations at the end of the track. The stations were composed of "hopscotch station", "tandem walking station in one line", "bounce station", "bucketing ping pong balls station" and "eight running stations".

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
The Quality of Life Scale for Children (QoL-C)
Time Frame: 10 weeks
Quality of Life Scale for Children, parent form for children or adolescents 2-4, 5-7, 8-12, 13-18 years old, and self for children or adolescents 5-7, 8-12, 13-18 years old It consists of a total of 7 forms, including a notification form. This scale questions the last month of children and adolescents. It was developed as a Likert-type scale with 3 options for children aged 5-7 and 5 options for children and adolescents aged 8-18. Items are scored between 0-100. The answer to the question is scored 100 if it is marked as never, 75 if it is marked as rarely, 50 if it is marked as sometimes, 25 if it is marked as often, and 0 if it is marked as almost always. The total score is obtained by summing the scores and dividing by the number of items filled. The score obtained is directly proportional to the quality of life.
10 weeks
Leisure Activity Questionnaire for Children (CPAQ)
Time Frame: 10 weeks
The form was filled by the children and their exercise levels were determined by calculations. MET values were classified as low, medium, high and moderately high. Low-intensity activities of 3 METs or less per hour are moderate and high-intensity activities of 3 METs and above. It is considered as moderate (3-5.9 MET), high intensity (6 MET and above), and medium-high intensity (3 MET and above).
10 weeks
bourdon attention test
Time Frame: 10 weeks

Bourdon Test (also dubbed a/b/q Test, ABQ) is an approach to measure focus and attentiveness that requires its taker to spot and cross out the query chars a, b and q in a potpourri of letters.

The test consists of two forms. The first is to find and mark certain letters among mixed book letters; the second one is in the form of finding and marking certain figures among the figures given as mixed. There are a total of 660 letters in the letter form of the test. In the letter form, certain letters are required to be found among the letters. There is no template created, and the practitioner can choose the letters or shapes he wants and ask the children to mark them, so that the practitioner can create his own template.
10 weeks
bruninks oserertsky engine proficiency test-2(BOT-2)
Time Frame: 10 weeks
BOT-2 measures fine and gross motor proficiency, with subtests that focus on stability, mobility, strength, coordination, and object manipulation. The test is tailored to school-aged children and young adults among the ages of 4-21 years, who have varying motor control abilities ranging from normal to mild or moderate.In both the BOT-2 short form (SF) this scale is used to transform the standard score to final categories (1 - well below average; 2 - below average; 3 - average; 4 - above average; 5 - well above average).The four motor-area composite standard scores, discussed below, range from 27 on Manual Coordination to 61 on Fine Manual Control.
10 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Uskudar University

Investigators

  • Study Chair: Elif PUNAR, Uskudar University
  • Study Chair: Turgay ALTUNALAN, Karadeniz Technical University

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

September 1, 2021

Primary Completion (Actual)

November 1, 2021

Study Completion (Actual)

April 1, 2022

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

August 9, 2023

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 16, 2023

First Posted (Actual)

August 18, 2023

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

August 18, 2023

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 16, 2023

Last Verified

August 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • Uskudar71

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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