Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.
Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.
Afr Health Sci. 2022 Mar;22(1):377-383. doi: 10.4314/ahs.v22i1.46.
regaining balance control is the key to decrease risk of falls in children with Down syndrome.
To compare between the effect of mechanical vestibular stimulation and balance exercises on balance in children with Down syndrome.
Thirty children participated in the study. They were divided randomly and equally into; group A and group B, both groups received the designed program with regular balance exercises for group A and mechanical vestibular stimulation for group B, treatment was conducted for one hour 3 times per week for 3 successive months. Balance as stability indexes (regarding anteroposterior, mediolateral and over all stability indexes) was evaluated before and after treatment by Biodex balance system.
T-test was conducted to compare the mean values of stability indexes between groups. Non-significant difference between groups was recorded before treatment (p value > 0.05), while improvement was recorded when comparing post and pretreatment results for both groups (p > 0.0001). More significant improvement was recorded for group B when comparing the post treatment results with group A (p > 0.05).
Mechanical vestibular stimulation is better added to the rehabilitation program to improve balance in children with Down syndrome.
恢复平衡控制是降低唐氏综合征儿童跌倒风险的关键。
比较机械前庭刺激和平衡练习对唐氏综合征儿童平衡的影响。
30 名儿童参与了这项研究。他们被随机平均分为两组；A 组和 B 组，两组都接受了设计好的方案，A 组进行常规平衡练习，B 组进行机械前庭刺激，治疗时间为连续三个月，每周 3 次，每次 1 小时。使用 Biodex 平衡系统在治疗前后评估平衡作为稳定性指标（关于前后向、左右向和整体稳定性指标）。
对两组的稳定性指标均值进行 T 检验。治疗前两组间无显著性差异（p 值>0.05），但两组治疗后与治疗前的结果相比均有改善（p>0.0001）。与 A 组相比，B 组治疗后的改善更为显著（p>0.05）。
机械前庭刺激可以更好地加入到唐氏综合征儿童的康复计划中，以提高他们的平衡能力。
