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The Effects of SITS in Children With Autism.

Effect of Sensory Integrated Therapy Exercises on Repetitive Behaviour, Communication, Social Interaction and Motor Skills in the Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT07428876
Enrollment
26
Registered
2026-02-24
Start date
2025-10-22
Completion date
2026-02-23
Last updated
2026-02-24

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Child, Only

Keywords

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD), Sensory Integrated Therapy (SIT).

Brief summary

The study will include 30 participants whose pre and post values will be calculated. Inclusion criteria for this study is autism spectrum disorder with the age group of 5\_11 years ,female and males both are included, those who are physically handi-capped and involved in some other neurological disorder or taking hypnotic and sedative drugs will be excluded. Participants will receive sensory integrated exercises (SIT) . Outcome to be measure and analyze will be repetitive behavior, communication, social interaction and motor skills. Tools used for data collection are REPETITIVE BEHAVIOUR QUESTIONNAIRE (RBQ-2). Gallium autism rating scale (GARS) second edition. Data will be analyzed through the SPSS version 23:00

Detailed description

The study will include 30 participants whose pre and post values will be calculated. Inclusion criteria for this study is autism spectrum disorder with the age group of 5\_11 years ,female and males both are included, those who are physically handi-capped and involved in some other neurological disorder or taking hypnotic and sedative drugs will be excluded. Participants will receive sensory integrated exercises (SIT). Group A: Experimental group , This intervention will be applied during 12 sessions , 4 weeks and 3 session each week for 45 mins. Group B: Control Group, no intervention is applied.

Interventions

OTHERsensory integrated therapy exercises

This intervention will be applied during 12 sessions , 4 weeks and 3 session each week for 45 mins.

Sponsors

Riphah International University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Masking description

participants will get separate treatment protocols and possible efforts will be put to mask the both groups about the treatment

Intervention model description

The study will include 30 participants whose pre and post values will be calculated. Inclusion criteria for this study is autism spectrum disorder with the age group of 5\_11 years ,female and males both are included, those who are physically handi-capped and involved in some other neurological disorder or taking hypnotic and sedative drugs will be excluded. Participants will receive sensory integrated exercises (SIT) . Outcome to be measure and analyze will be repetitive behavior, communication, social interaction and motor skills. Tools used for data collection are REPETITIVE BEHAVIOUR QUESTIONNAIRE (RBQ-2). Gallium autism rating scale (GARS) second edition. Data will be analyzed through the SPSS version 23:00.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
5 Years to 11 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

\- Age 5 to 11 * highly functioning autistic children * Either gender will be included * children reported with sensory processing difficulties ,language and behaviour issues.

Exclusion criteria

* Any other neurological condition * Children with physical disabilities * sedative and hypnotic drug user

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
REPETITIVE BEHAVIOUR QUESTIONNAIREbaseline, 1st week and 4th weekThe Repetitive Behaviour Questionnaire is a questionnaire designed to measure repetitive behaviour .It has two versions.it has total value 0-20
THE GILLIAM AUTISM RATING SCALE ,second editionbaseline, 1st week and 4th weekThe Gallium autism ratind scale is a Autism screening tool developed by Dr. James E. Gilliam to serve as a practical piece of early childhood developmental screenings when teachers, parents and other people who observe children are worried that the child might have Autism.it has 3 main parts 0-42 value.

Countries

Pakistan

Contacts

CONTACTIMRAN AMJAD, Phd
imran.amjad@riphah.edu.pk9233224390125
CONTACTMuhammad Asif Javed, MS-PT
a.javed@riphah.edu.pk923224209422
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORSaeeda Maryum, MS-PT

Riphah International University

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 25, 2026