NCT05998083

The Effectiveness of Purposeful Exercises in Children Diagnosed With Special Learning Disabilities

Investigation of the Effect of Purposeful Balance and Coordination Exercises on Attention and Quality of Life in Children Diagnosed With Special Learning Disabilities.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 45 (actual)
• Sponsor: Uskudar University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 7 Years – 15 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of the study is to examine the effect of purposeful balance and coordination exercises on attention and quality of life in children diagnosed with special learning disabilities.

Detailed description

The study was planned as a randomized controlled trial, and children aged 7-17 who were diagnosed with "Special Learning Disability" in a special education center in Kocaeli-Darica were included as a sample. Children were divided into experimental and control groups by randomization. In addition to the individual training program they received from the special training center, the experimental group was given goal-oriented balance and coordination exercises for 8 weeks, 2 days a week for 40 minutes. The control group continued only the individual training program. All participants and their parents were informed about the study, and an informed consent form was obtained from the participants and their parents. In order to collect data from the participants; "Leisure Time Activity Questionnaire for Children" to determine physical activity levels, "Quality of Life Assessment Questionnaire for Children" to determine their quality of life, "Bruininks-Oseretsky Motor Proficiency Test 2 short form" to evaluate motor skills, "Burdon Attention Test" to measure attention level used. These tests and forms were repeated before starting the study and at the end of the study. Pre- and post-intervention data were statistically analyzed and compared.

Conditions

• Lack of; Attention, With Hyperactivity (ADHD)
• Specific Learning Disability

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	exercise	In addition to the individual support training program, the exercise group was given a balance and coordination exercise protocol including 40 minutes, 2 days a week. These exercises are: It consisted of warm-up (10 minutes), purposeful balance and coordination exercises (20 minutes), and cool-down (10 minutes) exercises. Balance and coordination exercises with purpose were created with a series of exercises based on copying the shape of the blocks on the cards placed at the beginning of a track consisting of stations at the end of the track. The stations were composed of "hopscotch station", "tandem walking station in one line", "bounce station", "bucketing ping pong balls station" and "eight running stations".
OTHER	control	The control group continued only the individual support education program.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-09-01
• Primary completion: 2021-11-01
• Completion: 2022-04-01
• First posted: 2023-08-18
• Last updated: 2023-08-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)