The Effect of Sensory Integration Balance Training on Children With ABI

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Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: Children With Acquired Brain Injury
• Interventions: Other: Sensory integration therapy for balance and gait training; Other: Traditional Physiotherapy for balance and gait training

• Registration Number: NCT06037044
• Lead Sponsor: Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University

Brief Summary

This study aim to investagte the effectivness of sensory integartion balance training during gait training with obstecles and stimulation to different sensation, in comparission to gait training with obstecles without sensory stimulation among children with acuired brain injury

Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2023-09
• Study Start: 2023-09-06
• Study First Submitted: 2023-09-07
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-09-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-09-07
• Study First Posted: 2023-09-14
• Last Update Posted: 2023-09-14
• Primary Completion: 2024-03
• Study Completion: 2024-06

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 50

Inclusion Criteria

• Children with ABI, able to walk with or without assistance, GMFCS level I-III, aged 4-12 years old, with subjective symptoms of balance impairments, fear of falling and/or history of falls

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Exclusion Criteria

• Botox injections or tendon release surgery in the past six months

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Traditional Physiotherapy for balance and gait	Sensory integration therapy for balance and gait training	Walking pathway with obstacles x 10 and standing on one leg with eyes open 5-10 sec
Traditional Physiotherapy for balance and gait	Traditional Physiotherapy for balance and gait training	Walking pathway with obstacles x 10 and standing on one leg with eyes open 5-10 sec
Sensory integration therapy for balance and gait	Sensory integration therapy for balance and gait training	Sensory integration walking pathway with obstacles x 10 and standing on one leg with eyes open and eyes closed 5-10 sec
Sensory integration therapy for balance and gait	Traditional Physiotherapy for balance and gait training	Sensory integration walking pathway with obstacles x 10 and standing on one leg with eyes open and eyes closed 5-10 sec

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Timed up and go (TUG)	One week before and after training then one month after training	It is a simple evaluative test used to measure functional mobility and show how safely a patient can move around. The test requires a subject to stand up, walk 3 m (10 ft), turn, walk back, and sit down while timing.
Obstacle Test	One week before and after training then one month after training	It is a timed walking test. Time is calculated while the child is walking stepping over two obstacles and walking around a basket. The pathway is 8.5 meter and the start and end lines are marked. Time is calculating as the child walking between the lines and accomplishing the obstacles. Hight of the obstacle is 15% of the child leg length, while the width is 10%. The basket was around 56 centimeters in width and 69.5 centimeters in length. The child should stand behind the start line and walk in a straight line then step over the obstacles, walk around one side of the basket then pass the end line.
Pediatric balance scale (PBS)	One week before and after training then one month after training	It was developed as a balance measure for children. The PBS measure can be performed without specialized equipment and is quickly and easily administered. The PBS has been used to measure the functional balance skills for school-age children with mild-to-moderate motor impairments. The scale consists of 14 items that are scored from 0 points (lowest function) to 4 points (highest function) with a maximum score of 56 points. These items include moving from a seated to a standing position, moving from a standing position to a sitting position, transfer, standing without support, sitting without support, standing with eyes closed, standing with feet together, standing with one foot in front of the other, standing on one foot, rotating 360 degrees, turning to look back, picking up an object off the floor, placing alternate foot on step or footrest, and reaching forward with an extended arm.
Gross motor functional measure (GMFM)	One week before and after training then one month after training	It is a standardized observational instrument designed and validated to measure change in gross motor function over time in children with cerebral palsy. It has 88 items to explore motor ability in five dimensions; lying and rolling, sitting, crawling and kneeling, standing, and walking, running and jumping

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
One min sit to stand test (1-MSTST)	one week before and after training then one month after training	The 1-MSTST typically involves an armless chair and the performance of as many sit-to-stand actions as possible in 1 min without using the upper limbs
The Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL)	one week before and after training then one month after training	It is a brief measure of health-related quality of life in children and young people. The measure is either Proxy Report or Self-Report. It has 23 items comprise four Generic Core Scales: physical functioning, emotional functioning, social functioning, school functioning.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

King abdullah bin abdulaziz university hospital; 🇸🇦 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia