1Department of Physical Therapy for Growth and Development Disorders in Children and its Surgery, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
2Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
Online published on 6 April, 2015.
To compare between the effect of both whole body vibration (WBV) and treadmill training on improvement of bone mineral density (BMD) in lumbar spine and femoral neck in children with DS after 3 months of treatment.
Experimental study (randomized controlled trial).
Thirty DS children (8–11 years) were randomized to two equal study groups, group(A) and group (B).
Measurements of both lumbar spine (L1-4) and femoral neck BMD by using dual x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) were performed before and after 3 months of the treatment program. Group(A) received WBV training and group (B) received treadmill training.
BMD of lumbar spine and femoral neck has been highly significantly improved in both study groups in favor of WBV group (P < 0.05).
Both types of training are valuable in improvement of BMD in DS children in favor of WBV training.
Down syndrome, osteoporosis, Bone mineral density, whole body vibration, and treadmill training
