Clinical trial NCT06995716: Assessment Of Spinal Posture, Balance And Ankle Muscle Shortness İn Children With Autism
Official title: Assessment Of Spinal Posture, Balance And Ankle Muscle Shortness İn Children With Autism
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Conditions: Autism
Lead sponsor: Abant Izzet Baysal University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2025-05-29
Enrollment: 36
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 6
Maximum age (years): 18
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: OTHER
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: This study includes children with autism and typically developing children between the ages of 6-18

Brief summary: The aim of this study is to evaluate spinal posture, mobility, balance and ankle muscle shortness in children with autism.

The study will feature two groups,

* First group will consist of children with autism
* Second group will consist of typically developing children

Childhood autism assessment scale will be completed with the families of the children included in the study. The tiptoe walking status of the children participating in the study will be observed and classified according to the tiptoe walking classification. Children's balance skills will be evaluated with pediatric berg balance test and timed get up and walk test, ankle muscle shortness will be evaluated with Gastro-Soleus shortness measurements, spinal posture and mobility will be evaluated with spinal mouse.

The evaluation results of both groups will be compared.

The main questions this study aims to answer are:

* Spinal mobility is decreased in children with autism compared to typically developing children.
* Thoracic kyphosis is greater in children with autism compared to typically developing children.
* Balance skills are poorer in children with autism compared to typically developing children.
* The severity of tiptoe walking increases as gastro-soleus muscle shortness increases.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Being diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder in the Special Needs Report for Children (ÇÖZGER)
* GMFCS level I or II
* Between the ages of 6-18
* IQ score of 50 or more as determined in the Special Needs Report for Children (ÇÖZGER)
* Volunteering to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

* Having a rigid contracture of the columna vertebralis
* Having undergone scoliosis surgery
* Having a rigid contracture in passive knee extension and ankle range of motion
* History of surgery or botox affecting ankle joint range of motion in the last 6 months

Primary outcomes:
measure: Spinal posture and mobility
timeFrame: 10 minutes
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Childhood Autism Rating Scale
timeFrame: 10 minutes
measure: Pediatric Berg Balance Scale
timeFrame: 10 minutes
measure: Timed Up and Go Test
timeFrame: 5 minutes
measure: M.Gastrocnemius - M.Gastrosoleus Shortness Measurement
timeFrame: 5 minutes
measure: Classification of Tiptoe Walking
timeFrame: 5 minutes
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Ereğli
country: Turkey
facility: Kdz. Ereğli Gökkuşağı Özel Eğitim ve Rehabilitasyon Merkezi
state: Zonguldak
city: Bolu
country: Turkey
facility: Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University
city: Düzce
country: Turkey
facility: Düzce Gökkuşağı Özel Eğitim ve Rehabilitasyon Merkezi
Study officials:
affiliation: Abant Izzet Baysal University
name: Seda Ayaz Taş, Phd
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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