Analysis Of Equilibrium And Motor Coordination Of Deaf Children's Pre And Post Intervention Physiotherapeutic

Deafness Clinical Trial

Official title:

Analysis Of Equilibrium And Motor Coordination Of Deaf Children's Pre And Post Intervention Physiotherapeutic

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01352364
• Other study ID #: I01
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: May 10, 2011
• Last updated: May 26, 2011
• Start date: July 2009
• Est. completion date: December 2009

Study information

• Verified date: July 2009
• Source: University of the Sinos Valley
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Brazil: Ministry of Health
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study aimed to assess and reassess the balance and motor skills of deaf children, passed six weeks of intervention and to verify whether a program of physical therapy intervention can match or improve motor skills. This study was quasi-experimental before and after, with 10 children from a school in Caxias do Sul / RS. Motor skills were evaluated using pre and post test KTK Coordination Body, and the activities were held once a week for six weeks in sessions of forty minutes. It was used for statistical analysis the Student t test dependent and independent (p ≤ 0.05).

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 10
• Est. completion date: December 2009
• Est. primary completion date: July 2009
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 7 Years to 10 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• age 7 to 10 years of age.

• hearing disorders proven by presenting specific examination of Auditory Evoked Potential and Examination of the brainstem (Brainstem Evoked Response - Bera).

• consent of parents / guardians of children to participate in the study by signing Term of Informed Consent (IC).

Exclusion Criteria:

Study Design

Allocation: Non-Randomized, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Deafness
• Motor Skills in Deaf Children

Intervention

Other:
• physiotherapy intervention
a program of physical therapy intervention can match or improve motor skills in the deaf children

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Brazil	Municipal School For Elementary School Helen Keller	Caxias do Sul	RS

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of the Sinos Valley

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Brazil, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Balance		two months	No
Secondary	motor coordination		two months	No