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Dual Task Balance Exercises and Vestibular Stimulation for Children With Down Syndrome

NCT06998199 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 26

Last updated 2025-07-09

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Summary

Children with Down syndrome experience balance and postural control issues due to neuromuscular defects and face several impairments. For the improvement we will take 26 children with Down syndrome, age between 7 to 14 years will be randomly assign into two groups.

Group A will perform Dual Task Balance exercises and group B will perform Vestibular Stimulation exercises along routine physical therapy.All the data will be collected from Rabia Welfare Hospital Lahore by using Pediatric Balance Scale, Time Up and Go test and KTK test.The duration of study will be 10 months. Data will be analyzed through SPSS version 25.00.

Conditions

  • Down Syndrome

Interventions

OTHER

Dual Task Balance Exercise

The content of the DT training is summarized below with 30 minutes of routine PT. Participants will receive total of 16 sessions, 2 sessions per week for 8 weeks. 1. Walking 3 m on hard/soft ground while performing a motor task (carrying an empty box) and then combined with a cognitive task (saying the names of some fruits and vegetables), 2. Sitting on a Pilates ball for 1 min with eyes open/closed while performing a motor task (arms flexed to 90 degrees) and then combined with a cognitive task (saying the names of friends) 3)2-feet Jumping forward with both feet for 3 m while performing a motor task (carrying an empty box) then with a cognitive task (naming the colors in the room) 4)Standing on one leg for 30 s while arms abducted to 90 degrees and then combined with a cognitive task (saying the names of relatives) 5)Sit-to-stand using a stool 15 repetitions with a motor task (carrying an empty box) and then with a cognitive task (saying the names vegetables etc)

OTHER

Vestibular Stimulation

The child will place in sitting position on the swing and his hands grasping the ropes at the sides then the therapist stand behind him and begin pushing the platform in fast and jerky movement in back and front, side to side and in spinning directions with the child trying to maintain his balance in all different directions. The subject will receive pushing for each direction for five minutes; the total mechanical vestibular session duration was 15 minutes with 30 minutes of routine physical therapy. Participants will receive total of 16 sessions, 2 sessions per week for 8 weeks.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Riphah International University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Amina Shafaqut, MS-PPT · Riphah International University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-04-18
Primary Completion
2025-06-02
Completion
2025-06-16

Countries

  • Pakistan

Study Locations

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