Effectiveness of Aerobic Exercises on the Autistic Children

Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effectiveness of Aerobic Exercises on the Stereotypic Behaviors and Task Performance of Autistic Children: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05067361
• Other study ID #: TUF/DR/MSPP/173
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: March 3, 2020
• Est. completion date: October 26, 2020

Study information

• Verified date: October 2021
• Source: University of Faisalabad
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder manifesting stereotypic behaviors and problem in communication and social interaction. Different physical therapy interventions like aerobics help to improve recurrent behaviors and task performance of autistic children. This study was focused to see the effect of jogging on the stereotypic behaviors and task performance of autistic children. A single blinded randomized study was conducted on 38 autistic children, randomly allocated to two groups, performing jogging and ball exercises. Repetitive Behavior Scale-revised(RBS-R) and Jebsen Hand Function Test (JHFT) was used for assessment. Exercise was performed for 3 weeks and 4 sessions per week.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 38
• Est. completion date: October 26, 2020
• Est. primary completion date: August 8, 2020
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 6 Years to 20 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Diagnosed children of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) by experts

2. Have recognized stereotypic behaviors

3. Age 6 to 20 years

4. Independent to walk

5. Both genders

6. Parent and teachers willing to give consent

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Unable to understand commands

2. Have co-morbidities like schizophrenia or ADHD

3. Having respiratory or cardiovascular problems

4. Severe ASD

5. Lower limb injury and disability

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Autism Spectrum Disorder

Intervention

Procedure:
• Aerobic Exercise
Jogging was performed for 20 minutes. Jogging was performed by experimental group for 3 weeks and 4 sessions per week.
• Ball Exercises
Ball exercises like stability ball roll, stability ball hug, stability ball catching, ball throwing and ball tapping exercises were for 10 minutes. Ball exercises was performed by both groups for 3 weeks and 4 times per week .

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Pakistan	University of Faisalabad	Faisalabad	Punjab

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Faisalabad

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Pakistan, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Repetitive behavior scale revised (RBS-R)	RBS-R was used to assess the stereotypic behaviors of autistic children. It is 43 items questionnaire that is placed under six subscales. The sub-scales are Stereotyped Behavior Subscale Self-Injurious Behavior Subscale Compulsive Behavior Subscale Ritualistic Behavior Subscale Sameness Behavior Subscale Restricted Behavior Subscale Each subscale has different characteristics, which are classified from 0 to 3 (behavior is severe). Moreover, each behavior is also rated that how much this behavior occurs, cause interruption in activity and how much a child become agitated when he was interrupted. Global score rating was used by calculating the scores of all the six subscales and total score was given in range of 1 to 100.	3 weeks
Secondary	Jebsen Hand Function Test (JHFT)	JHFT was used to evaluate the task performance of autistic children.JHFT has seven variants and time was recorded, in seconds, taken by children to complete these seven tasks. These seven tasks are writing, card turning, small common objects, simulated feeding, stacking, lifting large lightweight objects and lifting large heavy objects. These piece of work was first performed by the non-dominant hand then by the dominant hand and at the end time required during all the task was summed up in minutes	3 weeks