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Comorbidity Between Balance and Childhood Anxiety

NCT00599742 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 64

Last updated 2008-01-24

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Summary

Previous studies report frequent comorbidity of anxiety and sensory-motor imbalance in adults (Sklare et al., 2001). Only a few studies tested the comorbidity in children. We confirmed that: a) children with primary diagnosis of poor balance demonstrate an elevated anxiety level (Brat et al., 2006, submitted) and, b) children with primary diagnosis of generalized anxiety disorder demonstrate poor balance performance (Erez et al., 2004). These studies demonstrate the presence of balance-anxiety comorbidity in children with primary disorder of either balance or anxiety. Our theoretical reasoning formalized under the "three stage theory of learning" points to the possibility that poor balance may either predispose or cause the emergence of anxiety disorder (Erez et al., 2004). Thus, in the present study we test two predictions: (a) high prevalence of comorbidity of anxiety and balance disorders in children with a primary diagnosis of generalized or separation anxiety disorder, and, (b) intensive balance training, but not training of flexibility and power, will reduce the level of anxiety in children with primary diagnosis of anxiety.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Balance training

Physical exercise of balance. The training will last 7 weeks, twice per week, 1 hour per session.

BEHAVIORAL

Motor training

Motor exercise of power and flexibility. The training will last 7 weeks, twice per week, 1 hour per session.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Tel Aviv University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Institute of Physical Education and Sports Sciences

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Haifa

    collaborator OTHER

  • Lev-Hasharon Mental Healtlh Center

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • Michal Rappaport, MD · Lev HaSharon Mental Health Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
8 Years
Max Age
14 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-12-31
Primary Completion
2010-12-31
Completion
2010-12-31

Countries

  • Israel

Study Locations

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