Comorbidity Between Balance and Childhood Anxiety
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00599742 |
Recruitment Status : Unknown
Verified January 2008 by Lev-Hasharon Mental Healtlh Center.
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
First Posted : January 24, 2008
Last Update Posted : January 24, 2008
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Anxiety | Behavioral: Balance training Behavioral: Motor training | Not Applicable |
Study sample: 64 children, 8 to 14 years old, with diagnosis of generalized or separation anxiety.
Training: 32 of these children will undergo balance training and the other 32 children will undergo motor training of power and flexibility. Training will last 7 weeks, twice per week, 1 hr each session.
Tests: Balance and anxiety tests will be applied before training period, immediately after the last training session and again 2 months after the last training session.
Tests will include standard balance performance tests and questionnaires of anxiety.
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 64 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Basic Science |
Official Title: | Comorbidity Between Balance and Childhood Anxiety: Treatment of Anxiety by Training of Balance |
Study Start Date : | December 2007 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | December 2010 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | December 2010 |
Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Active Comparator: A
Balance training group
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Behavioral: Balance training
Physical exercise of balance. The training will last 7 weeks, twice per week, 1 hour per session. |
Active Comparator: B
Motor Training
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Behavioral: Motor training
Motor exercise of power and flexibility. The training will last 7 weeks, twice per week, 1 hour per session. |
- Balance improvement and anxiety reduction [ Time Frame: After 7 weeks of training ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 8 Years to 14 Years (Child) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Ages 8-14
- Boy or girl
- Generalized or separation anxiety disorder
- Agreement to participate and written informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Major affective disorders
- Severe developmental disorders
- Refusal to participate

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00599742
Israel | |
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Clinic, Lev Hasharon MHC | Recruiting |
Netanya, Israel | |
Contact: Michal Rappaport, MD +972-9-833-4466 michalra@lev-hasharon.co.il | |
Principal Investigator: Michal Rappaport, MD | |
Wingate Institute for Physical Education | Recruiting |
Netanya, Israel | |
Contact: Roni Lidor, PhD +972-9-863-9247 lidor@wincol.ac.il | |
Sub-Investigator: Roni Lidor, PhD |
Principal Investigator: | Michal Rappaport, MD | Lev HaSharon Mental Health Center |
Publications:
Responsible Party: | Michal Rappaport MD, Lev Hasharon Mental Health Center, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Clinic, |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00599742 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
LH22/2007.CTIL 920070174 |
First Posted: | January 24, 2008 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | January 24, 2008 |
Last Verified: | January 2008 |
Balance disorder Vestibular disorder Generalized anxiety disorder |
Separation anxiety disorder Children Balance training |
Anxiety Disorders Mental Disorders |