Physical Treatments - Specific Physical Therapy
فصلنامه فیزیک درمانی
PTJ
Medical Sciences
http://ptj.uswr.ac.ir
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admin
2423-5830
2423-5830
10.29252/nrip.ptj
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jalali
1397
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gregorian
2019
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The Effect of Selected Balance/Corrective Exercises on the Balance Performance of Mentally-Retarded Students With Developmental Coordination Disorder
تخصصي
Special
پژوهشي
Research
<div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Purpose</strong>: The intellectual development of people with mental retardation has been stopped or is incomplete. This condition is associated with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) of the general cognition level and affects the verbal, motor, and cognitive abilities of these people. This study aims to investigate the effect of selective balance/corrective exercises on the balance performance of mentally-retarded students with DCD.<br>
<strong>Methods</strong>: This quasi-experimental study was conducted on 23 mentally-retarded male students with DCD. They were randomly assigned to the groups of intervention (n=12, Mean±SD age: 15.75±1.21 y, Mean±SD height: 1.67±0.08 m, Mean±SD weight: 61.28±14.34 kg) and control (n=11, Mean±SD age: 16.73±1.34 y, Mean±SD height: 1.72±0.07 m, Mean±SD weight: 70.28±15.75 kg). The intervention group performed selective balance/corrective exercises for 8 weeks (three sessions per week). To assess the static balance and dynamic balance of the samples, the modified Stork test with eyes open and closed mode and the Timed Up and Go (TUG) test were used, respectively. The Pediatric Balance Scale was used to assess functional balance. For analyzing the collected data, the Independent t test and analysis of covariance were carried out.<br>
<strong>Results</strong>: There was a significant difference between the two study groups in terms of static balance with eyes open (P=0.01) and closed (P=0.01) and dynamic balance (P=0.01); however, no significant difference was found between them with respect to functional balance (P>0.05).<br>
<strong>Conclusion</strong>: The selected balance/corrective exercises can improve the static and dynamic balance of mentally-retarded students with DCD.</div>
Balance exercises, Corrective exercises, Mental retardation, Developmental coordination disorder
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http://ptj.uswr.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-405-1&slc_lang=fa&sid=1
Hamid
Zolghadr
94hamidzolghadr@gmail.com
10031947532846008712
10031947532846008712
No
Department of Corrective Exercises and Sport Injuries, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, University of Guilan , Rasht, Iran.
Parisa
Sedaghati
sedaghati@guilan.ac.ir
10031947532846008713
10031947532846008713
Yes
Department of Corrective Exercises and Sport Injuries, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, University of Guilan , Rasht, Iran.
Hassan
Daneshmandi
Daneshmandi_Ph@Yahoo.com
10031947532846008714
10031947532846008714
No
Department of Corrective Exercises and Sport Injuries, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, University of Guilan , Rasht, Iran.