Maze Balance Board Training Effects on Mobility and Motor Skills in Cognitively Impaired Children

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age6-10
SponsorRiphah International University

About this trial

The study will be a Randomized Controlled Trial including 22 children aged 6-10 years with deficits in functional mobility and gross motor skills. Participants will be randomly divided into an experimental group (n=11), receiving a seven-stage progressive Maze Balance Board protocol, and a control group (n=11), receiving conventional physical therapy. Both groups will undergo 30-minute sessions, three times per week, for 8 weeks. Eligible participants will be enrolled after guardian consent. Outcomes will be assessed using the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) for cognition, Timed Up and Go (TUG) test for functional mobility, and Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency, Second Edition (BOT-2) for gross motor skills. Ethical approval will be obtained from Riphah International University, Lahore, and data will be analyzed using SPSS version 27.0.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Children aged 6-10 years

Mild to Moderate Cognitive Impairment (MoCA score =18 to 25)

Gross motor skill delay (10).

Ability to follow verbal instructions

Disqualifiers

Use of medications that may influence neuromotor functions (e.g., sedatives, antiepileptic's)

Children with visual and hearing impairments

Receiving concurrent therapies

Recent lower limb injuries , surgeries, or musculoskeletal conditions

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Maze Balance Board traing
  • Conventional Physical Therapy

Treatment groups

22 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Locations

1
Imran Amjad, PhD05450, LahorePunjab Province, Pakistan

Sponsors and collaborators

Riphah International University

Lead sponsor