Clinical trial NCT05951543: Effects of Plyometric Exercises on Static and Dynamic Balance of Children With Down,s Syndrome.
Official title: Effects of Plyometric Exercises on Static and Dynamic Balance in Children With Down,s Syndrome
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Down Syndrome
Keywords: Balance, Dynamic, Down syndrome, Plyometric, Static.
Lead sponsor: Riphah International University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2023-07-19
Enrollment: 20
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 6
Maximum age (years): 12
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: It is a randomize control trail ,used to evaluate the effects of plyometric exercises on static and dynamic balance of children with down syndrome.subjects with down syndrome meeting the predetermine inclusion and exclusion criteria will be devided into two groups using simple random sampling technique.
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: Down syndrome is a condition in which a person has an extra chromosome. Typically, a baby is born with 46 chromosomes. Down syndrome is a genetic condition that causes mild to serious physical and developmental problems. Symptoms associated with the syndrome include mental retardation, distinctive facial characteristics, and increased risk for heart defects and digestive problems, which can range from mild to severe.. Early treatment programs can help improve skills. They may include speech, physical, occupational, and/or educational therapy. The aim of the the current study is to determine the effects of plyometric exercise on static and dynamic balance in children with Down syndrome

Detailed description: This will be a randomized controlled trail. After approval from ethical committee, data will be collected from rising sun institute of special education, Lahore. Total sample size will be 20 and there will be two groups. Group A will be given with Standard Physical therapy treatment twice a week for 8 weeks. While group B will be given with plyometric exercises along with standard physical therapy treatment twice a week for 8 weeks. Patients will be evaluated before and after the intervention on Pediatric balance scale, time up and go test, five times sit to stand. Data will be analyzed on SPSS 26.0 and necessary analysis will be done after checking the normality of data.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* 6 to 12 years of age both genders will be included.
* Children with medical diagnosis of DS.
* Able to follow the command

Exclusion Criteria:

* Recent injury to lower extremities.
* Children with cerebral palsy and other neuromuscular disease will be excluded.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Balance and standing
timeFrame: 8 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Lahore
country: Pakistan
facility: Riphah International University
state: Punjab
Study officials:
affiliation: Riphah International University
name: Ayesha Khalid, MS
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Elnaggar RK. Effects of plyometric exercises on muscle-activation strategies and response-capacity to balance threats in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy. Physiother Theory Pract. 2022 Sep;38(9):1165-1173. doi: 10.1080/09593985.2020.1833389. Epub 2020 Oct 12.