Hippotherapy Versus Balance Therapy on Funvtional Mobility in Down Syndrome
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Riphah International University
- Where
- Pakistan1 site in 1 countryChoose a country to see its sites
- Trial code
- Status
- Completed
- People taking part
- 24 people enrolled
- Started
- 1 Jun 2024
- Ended
- 30 Jul 2024
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets an existing treatment, for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- hippotherapy
- balance training
- Record updated
- 2 August 2024
Who can take part
- Age
- 6 years to 14 years
- Sex
- Women and men
- Healthy volunteers
- Cannot take part
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Age group of 6-14 years
- Both genders
Who cannot take part
- History of epilepsy
- Children with fixed deformity in LE
- Child with visual and hearing problems
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About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
Down Syndrome is a genetic condition caused by having an extra copy of chromosome 21 and 47 chromosomes instead of 46. A complete or partial extra copy of chromosome 21 is responsible for the anomaly and related structural and functional abnormalities of the body systems. Depending on the degree of abnormality, Down Syndrome has different impacts on different people as a result, differences exist in personality, abilities, talents, and physical and mental development. According to this syndrome the patients shared characteristics with one another that suggested they were siblings, including a broad, flat face, a small nose, a thick tongue, narrow palpebral fissures, obliquely positioned eyes, roundish and laterally extended cheeks, a long tongue, and varying degrees of intellectual impairment.
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Prior to the study, all participants will be informed of the purpose and method of conducting the research. Each of them will sign an informed consent release to participate in the project and to process personal data for scientific purposes. This study aimed to determine the effects of hippo therapy versus balance training on balance and functional mobility in children with Down's Syndrome. Randomized clinical trials will be done. The study will be conducted in special school of education, Sargodha and Najeeb ullah rehabilitation centre, Sargodha in 10 months duration after approval of synopsis. Evaluation will be done by using pediatric balance scale, times up to go test, Functional independence measure for children, Tug test for functional mobility. Non-probability convenient sampling will be used and the subjects will be allocated to two groups by random allocation through lottery method; group A will be receiving hippo therapy and group B will be receiving balance training. Both groups will receive 8 sessions for the period of 4 weeks. Measurements of all the outcome variables will be taken at baseline, 2nd and 4th week. Data will be analyzed using SPSS-21.
The 2 groups in the trial
- hippotherapyTreatment being tested
Group A includes Hippo Therapy. A hippotherapy simulator is a horse riding simulator exercise machine, mimicking a horse's gait and recreating the horseback riding experience within the safety of a therapy clinic. Child with down syndrome will be seated on the stimulator for 10-15 minutes every session. The patient's pelvis moves softly, rhythmically, and repetitively when riding this action is comparable to what the human pelvis does when walking normally
- balance trainingExisting treatment, for comparison
The therapist modified the railing height to suit each child, ensuring the children were standing erect on the treadmill. Treadmill training completed under three conditions in 1-min training cycles. For 15 s of each minute the child could hold on to the railings with both hands, for the next 15 s with one hand, and finally with no hands on the handrails for 30 s. Each child repeated this procedure 20 Times and cool down for 5 minutes
Data and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Effects of Hippo Therapy Versus Balance Training on Balance and Functional Mobility in Children With Down's Syndrome
- Record updated
- 2 August 2024