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NCT Number: NCT06234644

Effects of Maze Activities in Down's Syndrome

Down's Syndrome is due to the chromosomal disorder in 47 chromosomes instead of 46, socalled as Trisomy 21. The syndrome has several clinical symptoms including Cardiovascular,neurological, orthopedic, hormonal, cognitive and visual perceptual impairments. These childrenhave Developmental Delay. Children have hypermobility of joints, hypotonicity or ligamentous laxity, light to moderate obesity, due to underdeveloped respiratory and cardiovascular systemandshortstaturewhichleadtodecreaseinfunctionalambulation.Due to the low level of physical fitness, theseindividuals shows limitation in performing the functional tasks of daily living. The fundamental motor skill is Walking that facilitates the child to interact with the environment and helps indeveloping, social, motor and cognitive skills. Due to their delayed milestones and due to the irintellectual disability, environmental exposure is limited which hampers this fundamental skill.Hence it is necessary to asses the functional ambulation in these children.

This is a Randomized Controlled Trial that will be conducted in Rising Sun Institute Of Special Children. 26 participants will be allocated randomly into 2 groups Group A will receive the conventional interventions of Down's Syndrome but the group B will receive the mobility training with Standardized Walking Obstacle Course (SWOC). Tool used for this research will be a Standardized Walking Obstacle Course (SWOC) (that is used to measure stability and speed during gait in terms of time, number of steps, number of stumbles and number of steps off the path for each participant) and Timed up and go test (Valid for the functional mobility assessment of the children with DS). The data will be analyzed by SPSS version 21

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Key information

Conditions

Down Syndrome Abnormalities, Multiple Chromosome Disorders Congenital Abnormalities Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities Genetic Diseases, Inborn Intellectual Disability Nervous System Diseases Neurobehavioral Manifestations Neurologic Manifestations

Age range

6 year–12 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Riphah international university lahore

Lahore, Punjab Province, 54000, Pakistan

About this study

This study will be a randomized control trail used to compare the Effects of Maze Activities on Mobility in Children With Down's Syndrome. Subjects with Down's syndrome meeting the predetermined inclusion and exclusion criteria will be divided into two groups using simple random sampling technique. Assessment will be done by using time up and go test and Standardized Walking Obstacle Course (SWOC). Subjects in group A will receive the conventional intervention of gait training and Group B will receive the training on Standardized walking obstacle course.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • •Age 6 to 12 years of downs's syndrome children
  • Ambulatory Child who can walk without any assistive device(6)
  • Should follow commands and can perform 30 sec walk test.(6)

Exclusion criteria

  • •Any congenital Cardiac Anomaly
  • Visual and Hearing Deficits
  • Any surgical intervention for the last 6 months

Treatment and study plan

Standardized Walking Obstacle Course (SWOC)

Other

The Standardized Walking Obstacle Course (SWOC) is a test that allows interaction of a child with environmental demands and obstructions while examining differences in functional ambulation performances. The Group A (experimental group) will receive the treatment with Standardized walking obstacle course (SWOC), the group of 13 participants will receive the treatment. This group will receive therapy session for 45 min, thrice a week for 6 weeks, total sessions will be 18. 45 minutes session time will be divided into 15 min warm up period, 25 minutes of SWOC training and 5 minutes of cool down period.

Conventional Gait Training

Other

Conventional gait training protocol including walking on a treadmill, parallel bar walk, seated marching. The Group B (Control group) will receive the treatment with conventional Gait training, the group of 13 participants will receive the treatment. This group will receive therapy session for 45 min, thrice a week for 6 weeks, total sessions will be 18. 45 minutes session time will be divided into 15 min warm up period, 25 minutes of Conventional gait training and 5 minutes of cool down period.

Primary outcomes

  1. Timed up and Go Test (TUG)

    Time frame: 6 weeks

    Time up and go test is used to assess the balance and stability of a children with different abilities. It involves timing how long it takes for a child to stand up from a chair, walk a short distance, turn around, walk back, and sit down while turning 180 degree.

    Interpretation: < 10 seconds = normal, < 20 seconds = good mobility, can go out alone, mobile without a gait aid. < 30 seconds = problems, cannot go outside alone, requires a gait aid. A score of more than or equal to fourteen seconds has been shown to indicate high risk of falls.

  2. Standardized Walking Obstacle Course (SWOC)

    Time frame: 6 weeks

    It is used to measure stability and speed during gait in terms of time, number of steps, number of stumbles and number of steps off the path.Standardized walking obstacle course (SWOC) It is used to measure stability and speed during gait in terms of time, No of steps, No of stumbles, No of step off the path It is used to measure stability and speed during gait in terms of time, number of steps, number of stumbles and number of steps off the path. It was assessed under three conditions such as walk with arms free, walk with tray and walk with sunglasses.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Riphah International University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Effects on Maze Activities on Mobility in Children With Down's Syndrome

Important dates

Study start
2023
Primary completion
2024
Study completion
2024
First posted
Jan 31, 2024
Registry last updated
Jun 13, 2024

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