Effects of Bean Bag Tossing Game on Balance and Gait in Children With Down Syndrome.

ConditionDown Syndrome
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age5-17
SponsorRiphah International University

About this trial

The research design will be a randomized clinical trial. The study will recruit 36 children with spastic cerebral palsy and toe walking that fall within the ages of 5-17 years who have a defined balance deficit. The participants will be randomly assigned to one of two groups: group A (n=18), which will play the Bean Bag Tossing Game on Wedge, and group B (n=18), which will play the Bean Bag Tossing Game on a Balance Board. The intervention will be performed 3 times a week for 4 weeks 30 minutes a day. All participants will be assessed according to eligibility criteria. Guardians of participants who meet the eligibility criteria are requested to sign consent forms before they are entered into the study. The study involves two standardized assessment tools that measure the Gait and balance in children with Down syndrome: Berg Balance Scale and GALLOP Scale. The synopsis will present to the Research Ethical Committee of Riphah International University Lahore for ethical approval to conduct this study. Data will be analyzed by SPSS 27.0 version

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Ageof7-12years

Abletorecognize the command given to them

Understand the verbal command

Standand walk independently without repeated falling

Disqualifiers

Children suffering from seizures

Children with Multiple Sclerosis

Children with Muscular Dystrophy

Children with cardiac anomalies

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Bean Bag Tossing Game on Wedge
  • Bean Bag Tossing Game on Balance Board

Treatment groups

36 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups