NCT04293120

Training Balance Among People With Neurodevelopmental Disabilities

Training Anticipatory Postural Adjustments Among People With Neurodevelopmental Disabilities

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 3 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Hartford · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 8 Years – 25 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study is a case control pilot study to investigate the impact of a short-term intervention on training anticipatory postural adjustments in a population of people with neurodevelopmental disabilities.

Detailed description

Data will be collected by using a weighted pendulum to provide a posterior perturbation to test subjects' postural reactions pre and post-intervention. Intervention will include four sessions of weighted ball tosses/weighted tether ball stops to improve muscle activation patterns and efficiency. EMG sensors, 3D motion analysis, and force plates will be used to collect the necessary data.

Conditions

• Posture
• Balance
• Cerebral Palsy
• Autism
• Down Syndrome

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Training with weighted ball	Participants will stop or catch a weighted ball

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-02-10
• Primary completion: 2020-08-31
• Completion: 2020-08-31
• First posted: 2020-03-03
• Last updated: 2021-06-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States