Clinical trial NCT03487757: "Core Stabilization Exercises in Hearing Impaired Children"
Official title: "The Effect of Core Stabilization Exercises on Respiratory Muscle Strength, Respiratory Functions and Postural Control in Hearing Impaired Children"
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Hearing Disorders in Children
Core Stabilization
Respiratory Muscle Strength
Respiratory Functions
Postural Control
Lead sponsor: Bezmialem Vakif University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2018-04-04
Enrollment: 30
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 7
Maximum age (years): 16
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: In this study the investigators will examine the effects of core stabilization exercises on respiratory muscle strength, respiratory functions and postural control in hearing-impaired children.

Detailed description: Hearing organs develop together with the vestibular system and work with close cooperation. Because of this close neuro-anatomic relationship; cochlear, semicircular canal, or both may cause damage to the vestibular dysfunction, resulting in imbalance. Sensory impairment in children with hearing loss may lead to decreased muscle strength and respiratory function with balance and coordination disorders. Core stabilization is provided anatomically with abdominal muscles at the front, spinal and gluteal muscles at the back, diaphragm at the top and pelvic floor and hip muscles at the bottom. Core stabilization training is a training to increase the strength, endurance and neuromuscular control of the aforementioned muscles.

When the literature is checked, the invetigators find that postural control is being evaluated in children with hearing impairment, but there are few studies evaluating respiratory functions. However, they did not encounter a study in which respiratory muscle strength was assessed in these children. In this study the investigators will examine the effects of core stabilization exercises on respiratory muscle strength, respiratory functions and postural control in hearing-impaired children.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Between the ages of 7-16
* Clinically diagnosed sensorineural hearing loss
* Prelingual hearing loss
* No neurological and orthopedic problems
* Absence of syndrome or disease that may lead to mental disorder, impaired development and impaired vision
* Not participating in any core stabilization, strengthening and balance program in the past six months
* No medication to affect respiratory functions in the past 3 months
* Parental permission for participation of child in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

* Intellectual disability for participating to the evaluation and training program
* Presence of chronic respiratory disease
* Not to join the training for more than 3 days

Primary outcomes:
measure: Respiratory muscle strength
timeFrame: Eight weeks
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Respiratory Functions-FVC
timeFrame: Eight weeks
measure: Respiratory Functions-FEV1
timeFrame: Eight weeks
measure: Respiratory Functions-PEF
timeFrame: Eight weeks
measure: Postural control-postural stability
timeFrame: Eight weeks
measure: Postural control-limits of stability
timeFrame: Eight weeks
measure: Postural control-sensory integration
timeFrame: Eight weeks
measure: Postural control-BESS
timeFrame: Eight weeks
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Istanbul
country: Turkey
facility: Bezmialem Vakif University
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