Effectiveness of Aerobic Exercises on the Autistic Children

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Interventions: Procedure: Aerobic Exercise; Procedure: Ball Exercises

• Registration Number: NCT05067361
• Lead Sponsor: University of Faisalabad

Brief Summary

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder manifesting stereotypic behaviors and problem in communication and social interaction. Different physical therapy interventions like aerobics help to improve recurrent behaviors and task performance of autistic children. This study was focused to see the effect of jogging on the stereotypic behaviors and task performance of autistic children. A single blinded randomized study was conducted on 38 autistic children, randomly allocated to two groups, performing jogging and ball exercises. Repetitive Behavior Scale-revised(RBS-R) and Jebsen Hand Function Test (JHFT) was used for assessment. Exercise was performed for 3 weeks and 4 sessions per week.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-03-03
• Primary Completion: 2020-08-08
• Study Completion: 2020-10-26
• Study First Submitted: 2021-09-23
• Status Verified: 2021-10
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-10-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-10-04
• Study First Posted: 2021-10-05
• Last Update Posted: 2021-10-05

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 38

Inclusion Criteria

1. Diagnosed children of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) by experts
2. Have recognized stereotypic behaviors
3. Age 6 to 20 years
4. Independent to walk
5. Both genders
6. Parent and teachers willing to give consent

Exclusion Criteria

1. Unable to understand commands
2. Have co-morbidities like schizophrenia or ADHD
3. Having respiratory or cardiovascular problems
4. Severe ASD
5. Lower limb injury and disability

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Experimental Group	Ball Exercises	-
Experimental Group	Aerobic Exercise	-
Active control Group	Ball Exercises	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Repetitive behavior scale revised (RBS-R)	3 weeks	RBS-R was used to assess the stereotypic behaviors of autistic children. It is 43 items questionnaire that is placed under six subscales. The sub-scales are Stereotyped Behavior Subscale Self-Injurious Behavior Subscale Compulsive Behavior Subscale Ritualistic Behavior Subscale Sameness Behavior Subscale Restricted Behavior Subscale Each subscale has different characteristics, which are classified from 0 to 3 (behavior is severe). Moreover, each behavior is also rated that how much this behavior occurs, cause interruption in activity and how much a child become agitated when he was interrupted. Global score rating was used by calculating the scores of all the six subscales and total score was given in range of 1 to 100.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Jebsen Hand Function Test (JHFT)	3 weeks	JHFT was used to evaluate the task performance of autistic children.JHFT has seven variants and time was recorded, in seconds, taken by children to complete these seven tasks. These seven tasks are writing, card turning, small common objects, simulated feeding, stacking, lifting large lightweight objects and lifting large heavy objects. These piece of work was first performed by the non-dominant hand then by the dominant hand and at the end time required during all the task was summed up in minutes

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Faisalabad; 🇵🇰 Faisalābad, Punjab, Pakistan