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