Effects of Jump Rope on Navicular Drop in Down Syndrome

Recruiting now · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Down Syndrome

In brief

foot posture in children with Down syndrome. The current study will be randomized control trial, data will be collected from Tanzeem ul Lissan School FSD, Children Hospital FSD and Allied Hospital FSD. The study will include 32 patients equally divided into two groups and randomly allocated. Inclusion criteria for the study will be Children between the age of 4 to 15 years with navicular drop and prone foot. Patients with visual or auditory impairment, lower limb trauma, recent Surgical Intervention on lower limb will be excluded from the study. Experimental group will perform jumping rope combined with play activities and control group will be given play activities. Data collection will be done before and after the intervention. Tools used for data collection will be Navicular Drop Test and Foot Posture Index .Data will be analyzed through SPSS version 23.00.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07428863

Run by

Riphah International University

People needed

32

Starts

2025-10-28

Expected to finish

2026-02-23

Last updated by the study team

2026-02-24

Who can join

Age: 4 and older, up to 15. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• age of 4 to 15 years
• navicular drop
• prone foot
• Acute musculoskeletal injuries
• Normal: 5-10 mm
• Excessive Drop: >10 mm (indicating possible flatfoot)
• Minimal Drop: <5 mm (indicating a higher arch)

You may not qualify if…

• visual or auditory impairment
• lower limb trauma
• recent Surgical Intervention on lower limb
• Non- compliance and behavioral issue
• Inability to participate

Where it is running

• Model Town Football Club [Recruiting] — Lahore, Punjab Province, Pakistan (enrolling)

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