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Effectiveness of Aerobic Exercises on the Autistic Children

NCT05067361 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 38

Last updated 2021-10-05

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Summary

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder manifesting stereotypic behaviors and problem in communication and social interaction. Different physical therapy interventions like aerobics help to improve recurrent behaviors and task performance of autistic children. This study was focused to see the effect of jogging on the stereotypic behaviors and task performance of autistic children. A single blinded randomized study was conducted on 38 autistic children, randomly allocated to two groups, performing jogging and ball exercises. Repetitive Behavior Scale-revised(RBS-R) and Jebsen Hand Function Test (JHFT) was used for assessment. Exercise was performed for 3 weeks and 4 sessions per week.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Aerobic Exercise

Jogging was performed for 20 minutes. Jogging was performed by experimental group for 3 weeks and 4 sessions per week.

PROCEDURE

Ball Exercises

Ball exercises like stability ball roll, stability ball hug, stability ball catching, ball throwing and ball tapping exercises were for 10 minutes. Ball exercises was performed by both groups for 3 weeks and 4 times per week .

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Faisalabad

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Dr Sidra Majeed;PT, MSPP · University of Faisalabad

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
6 Years
Max Age
20 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-03-03
Primary Completion
2020-08-08
Completion
2020-10-26

Countries

  • Pakistan

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