Ball Exercises and Stereotypic Behavior in Autism Spectrum Disorder

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Interventions: Procedure: Ball Exercises

• Registration Number: NCT05045339
• Lead Sponsor: University of Faisalabad

Brief Summary

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neuro-behavioral disorder associated with repetitive movements. The role of physical therapist towards an autistic child is most neglected one. Therefore, the objective of this study was to see the effectiveness of different ball exercise on stereotypic behavior of children with ASD. Different ball exercises were implemented for 2 months, 3 sessions per week and every session consist of 35 minutes.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2018-02-06
• Primary Completion: 2018-04-20
• Study Completion: 2018-05-28
• Status Verified: 2021-09
• Study First Submitted: 2021-09-06
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-09-09
• Study First Posted: 2021-09-16
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-09-28
• Last Update Posted: 2021-10-06

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

• Children diagnosed with ASD through experts
• Having recognized stereotypic behavior
• Having Intellectual Deficit (ID) and Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD)
• Age ranging between 4-16 years
• Consented to take part

Exclusion Criteria

• Having co-morbidities like schizophrenia and developmental delays
• Severe cases of ASD
• Showing aggressive behavior
• Having disease of cardiovascular or respiratory system
• Children unable to follow the command for exercise completely

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Exercise Group	Ball Exercises	Five different ball exercises were implemented for 35 minutes, 3 sessions per week for 2 months.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Stereotypic Behaviors	Two months	Repetitive behavior scale revised (RBS-R) was used to rate stereotypic behaviors in children with ASD. It is a 43 items questionnaire that is placed under six subscales. Stereotyped behavior subscale, self-injurious behavior subscale, compulsive behavior subscale, ritualistic behavior subscale, sameness behavior subscale and restricted behavior subscale are the six subscales of RBS-R. Each subscale has different characteristics which are classified as 0 (behavior is not present at all), 1 (behavior is mildly present), 2 (behavior is moderately present) and 3 (behavior is severe). Moreover, each behavior was also rated that how much this behavior occurs, cause interruption in activity and how much child become agitated when he was interrupted.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

The University of Faisalabad; 🇵🇰 Faisalābad, Punjab, Pakistan