Effect of strength and balance training in children with Down’s syndrome: a randomized controlled trial
| Autor: | Senthil D. Kumaran, Sukriti Gupta, Bhamini krishna Rao |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent medicine.medical_treatment Balance training Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Intervention group law.invention Lower limb muscle Physical medicine and rehabilitation Randomized controlled trial law Outcome Assessment Health Care Postural Balance Humans Medicine Child Balance (ability) Muscle Weakness S syndrome Rehabilitation business.industry Resistance Training Exercise Therapy Sensation Disorders Physical therapy Female Down Syndrome business |
| Zdroj: | Clinical Rehabilitation. 25:425-432 |
| ISSN: | 1477-0873 0269-2155 |
| Popis: | Objective: The aim of the study was to determine the effect of exercise training on strength and balance in children with Down’s syndrome. Design: Randomized controlled trial. Setting: Rehabilitation school for special children. Subjects and intervention: Twenty-three children were randomized to intervention and control group. The intervention group ( n = 12) underwent progressive resistive exercises for lower limbs and balance training for six weeks. The control group continued their regular activities followed at school. Outcome measure: A handheld dynamometer was used to measure the lower limb muscle strength. Balance was assessed by the balance subscale of Bruininks Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency (BOTMP). Results: Following the training, the children in the intervention group showed a statistically significant improvement ( P < 0.05) in the lower limb strength of all the muscle groups assessed. The strength of knee extensors was 12.12 lbs in the control group versus 18.4 lbs in the experimental group; in hip flexors it was 12.34 lbs in the control group versus 16.66 lbs in the experimental group post-intervention. The balance of the children also improved significantly with an improvement in scores of the balance subscale of BOTMP (19.50 in the experimental group versus 9.00 in the control group, P = 0.001). Conclusion: This study suggests that a specific exercise training programme may improve the strength and balance in children with Down’s syndrome |
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