Effect of strength and balance training in children with Down’s syndrome: a randomized controlled trial
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- Sukriti Gupta
- Sardar Bhagwan Singh Post Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Balawala, Dehradun
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- Bhamini krishna Rao
- Manipal College of Allied Health Sciences, Manipal, India
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- SD Kumaran
- Manipal College of Allied Health Sciences, Manipal, India
説明
<jats:p> Objective: The aim of the study was to determine the effect of exercise training on strength and balance in children with Down’s syndrome. </jats:p><jats:p> Design: Randomized controlled trial. </jats:p><jats:p> Setting: Rehabilitation school for special children. </jats:p><jats:p> 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. </jats:p><jats:p> 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). </jats:p><jats:p> 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). </jats:p><jats:p> Conclusion: This study suggests that a specific exercise training programme may improve the strength and balance in children with Down’s syndrome </jats:p>
収録刊行物
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- Clinical Rehabilitation
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Clinical Rehabilitation 25 (5), 425-432, 2010-11-08
SAGE Publications