Distinct Effects of Trampoline-based Stretch-shortening Cycle Exercises on Muscle Strength and Postural Control in Children With Down Syndrome: A Randomized Controlled Study
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 32
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Grade of Muscle strength by hand-held dynamometer
研究概览
简要总结
To investigate the effect of a 3-month, trampoline-based stretch-shortening cycle (SSC) exercises on muscle strength and postural control in children with Down syndrome.
详细描述
a variety of physical therapy techniques are being used to improve lower limb muscle strength and postural control in children with Down syndrome including, but not limited to, progressive resistance training, hippotherapy, aquatic therapy, and isokinetic strength training. Stretch-shortening (SSC) exercises-also referred to as plyometric exercises, is a traditional form of resistance training that involves three-phase muscle contraction during dynamic movements (like jumping and hopping), where the muscle moves rapidly through the eccentric, isometric, and concentric phases.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 7 Years 至 9 Years（Child）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •age between 7 and 9 years.
- •able to follow one step motor commands.
- •independent ambulators.
- •not suffering from atlantoaxial joint instability as reported from their medical files.
排除标准
- •Children with un-corrected cardiac anomalies.
- •Children with un-corrected vision or hearing loss.
- •Children with un-corrected pulmonary disorders.
- •Children with un-corrected neurological signs as epilepsy.
- •Children who had a history of musculoskeletal surgery in the lower extremities through the past year.
研究组 & 干预措施
standard physical therapy
Participants in the standard physical therapy received the standard physical therapy (sPT) program, which was conducted according to the needs of each participant and was generally concerned with building strength, enhancing developmental skills, boosting balance, coordination, and postural control, improving physical fitness, and minimizing the development of the compensatory movement patterns that children with DS are likely to develop.
干预措施: Standard physical therapy (Other)
trampoline-based stretch-shortening cycle exercises
In addition to the sPT, the SSC group received 15-minute SSC exercise sessions, twice weekly, with a total of 24 sessions over 12 successive weeks.
干预措施: trampoline-based stretch-shortening cycle exercises (Other)
结局指标
主要结局
Grade of Muscle strength by hand-held dynamometer
时间窗: after 12 weeks
A calibrated hand-held dynamometer (Micro FET2, Hoggan Health Technologies Inc., UT, USA) was used
Grade of Muscle strength by hand-held dynamometer
时间窗: at baseline
A calibrated hand-held dynamometer (Micro FET2, Hoggan Health Technologies Inc., UT, USA) was used
次要结局
- Postural control index by Balance Biodex System(after 12 weeks)
- Postural control index by Balance Biodex System(at baseline)
研究者
Maged Basha
Principal Investigator, Assistant Professor, College of Medical Rehabilitation, Qassim University, Saudi Arabia. Consultant Physical Therapist, El-Sahel Teaching Hospital, General Organization for Teaching Hospitals and Institutes, Cairo, Egypt.
Qassim University