The effect of balance and gross motor exercises on gross motor and balance function

The effect of balance with gross motor exercises on gross motor and balance function in children with mental retardation

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

IRCT

Registry ID

IRCT2012072510387N1

Enrollment

Registered

2013-06-03

Start date

2012-09-22

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2018-02-22

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Conditions

Mental Retardation. Approximate IQ range of 50 to 69 (in adults, mental age from 9 to 12 years). Likely to result in some learning difficulties in school. Many adults will be able to work and maintain good social relationships and contribute to society.

Interventions

Intervention 1: Intervention group: The intervention included Balance and gross motor exercise. These exercises are designed from easy to hard. Subjects for 10 weeks, 3 sessions per week for 30-minute

balance training (15 minutes), gross motor (15 minutes) are taught. Intervention 2: control group: Control group without intervention.

Rehabilitation

Intervention group: The intervention included Balance and gross motor exercise. These exercises are designed from easy to hard. Subjects for 10 weeks, 3 sessions per week for 30-minute exercises

balance training (15 minutes), gross motor (15 minutes) are taught.

control group: Control group without intervention

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

Male

Age

5 Years to 14 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria: - Educable Mental Retarded children with conform diagnosis by clinical psychologist - Educable Mental Retarded children without significant skeletal, neurological and mental illness, significant attention deficit disorder, epilepsy and other disease such as musculoskeletal and neurological disease and fractures and so on. - The age group is between 4.5 and 14.5 Exclusion criteria: - Non-cooperative child - Child injury accident in the length of treatment - Absence more than one session

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria:

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Balance skills. Timepoint: Before and after intervention. Method of measurement: Bruininks RH. Bruininks _Oseretsky Test.;Gross motor skills. Timepoint: Before and after intervention. Method of measurement: Bruininks RH. Bruininks _Oseretsky Test.	—

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactGhamari Narges

Education and Training

nargesghamari@yahoo.com+98 21 4688 5900

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026