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Treadmill Training and Orthotic Use in Infants With Down Syndrome

NCT00825175 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 22

Last updated 2017-12-04

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Summary

This study determines the effect of orthotic use in combination with treadmill training on the development of gross motor skills and walking onset in infants with Down syndrome.

Conditions

  • Down Syndrome

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Treadmill Training

Parents hold their infants on an infant treadmill for 8 minutes a day, 5 days a week. The treadmill speed is set at 0.2 m/s.

DEVICE

Supramalleolar Orthoses

In addition to treadmill training the infants receive Supramalleolar orthoses. They wear the orthoses for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Julia Looper · University of Michigan

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
6 Months
Max Age
36 Months
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-03-31
Primary Completion
2008-06-30
Completion
2008-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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