Tests Cawthorne Cooksey exercises for balance in autistic children with vestibular hypofunction
Tests balance exercises in autistic children aged 7 to 15 with reduced inner-ear balance function.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Riphah International University
- Where
- Islamabad, PakistanSee the site
- Trial code
- Registry title
- Effect of Cawthorne Cooksey Exercises on Balance in Autistic Children With Vestibular Hypofunction.
- Status
- Recruiting
- People taking part
- 44 people, planned
- Started
- 31 Jan 2025
- Planned end
- 31 Jul 2025
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets an existing treatment, for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- Conventional treatment
- cawthorne cooksey exercises
- Record updated
- 11 July 2025
Who can take part
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for autistic children aged 7 to 15 years with mild to moderate autism and peripheral vestibular hypofunction (reduced balance function of the inner ear). The children must understand and communicate.
- Age
- 7 to 15 years
- Sex
- Boys and girls can both join.
- Disease stage
- Mild to moderate autism. Peripheral vestibular hypofunction.
Main reasons for not taking part
- Central vestibular problem
- Acute infection of the inner ear
- Auditory (hearing) issues
- Unable to follow the exercise plan
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Both genders
- Peripheral Vestibular hypofunction
- Age:7-15years
- Children with mild to moderate autism
- Children who understand and communicate
Who cannot take part
- Acute Infection of inner ear
- Central Vestibular
- Auditory issues
- Patients unable to follow exercise plan
Check if you might fit
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 7 and 15 years old?
Where in Pakistan
- Islamabad, PakistanIslamabad, PakistanContact: Nadia Azhar, MS-NMPTTaking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
The objective of the study is to determine the effects of cawthorne cooksey exercises on balance in autistic children with vestibular hypofunction. The study will be randomized control trial including 2 experimental groups with estimated 22 participants in each group.
The 2 groups in the trial
- Conventional treatmentExisting treatment, for comparison
Conventional treatment include: Trampoline jumping Gym ball exercise:5reps'Sensory diet: Joint compressions Deeppressure Balance board exercises
- Participant GroupTreatment being tested
Cawthorne cooksey exercises
Treatment: cawthorne cooksey exercises
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Effect of Cawthorne Cooksey Exercises on Balance in Autistic Children With Vestibular Hypofunction.
- Plain-language title
- Tests Cawthorne Cooksey exercises for balance in autistic children with vestibular hypofunctionGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
- AI summary
- From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 12 November 2026.
- Fit questions
- Built from NCT07061119, who can take part
- Record updated
- 11 July 2025