Variables Correlated with Physical Activity and Conformance to Physical Activity Guidelines in Healthy Children and Children with Down Syndrome

2019 ◽  
Vol 59 (03) ◽  
pp. 141-145
Author(s):  
Adel A. Alhusaini ◽  
Misfer Ali Al-Walah ◽  
Ganeswara Rao Melam ◽  
Syamala Buragadda
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Down Syndrome ◽  
Körperliche Aktivität ◽  
Healthy Children ◽  
Physical Activity Guidelines ◽  
Children With Down Syndrome

Zusammenfassung Ziel Kinder mit Down-Syndrom zeigen körperliche und geistige Entwicklungsverzögerungen. Aus diesem Grund können sie möglicherweise die Empfehlungen für Bewegung nicht erfüllen. Hauptziel dieser Studie war es, das Maß der körperlichen Aktivität und die Gehleistung von Kindern mit Down-Syndrom zu beurteilen. Material und Methoden Querschnittsstudie. Es wurden Kinder mit Down-Syndrom und gesunde Kinder im Alter von 8 bis 12 Jahren untersucht. Die körperliche Aktivität wurde über 7 Tage mittels Pedometer gemessen und die Gehfähigkeit wurde mittels 6-Minuten Gehtest (6MWT) bewertet. Ergebnisse Kinder mit Down-Syndrom sind körperlich weniger aktiv als gesunde Kinder. Der Test der durchschnittlichen Gehfähigkeit ergab in allen Altersgruppen signifikante Unterschiede zwischen gesunden Kindern und Kindern mit Down-Syndrom. Es bestand ein enger Zusammenhang zwischen der täglichen Schrittzählung und der Gehfähigkeit. Schlussfolgerung In unserer Studie konnten wir feststellen, dass Kinder mit Down-Syndrom einen höheren BMI haben, weniger körperlich aktiv sind und im Vergleich zu normal entwickelten Kindern eine geringere Gehfähigkeit aufweisen.

Orthodontic Aspects on the Chronological and Dental Age in Children with Down Syndrome

2018 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
pp. 208-213
Author(s):  
Mariana Pacurar ◽  
Bogdan Dragomir ◽  
Alina Silvana Szalontay ◽  
Cristian Romanec
Keyword(s):  
Down Syndrome ◽  
Emotional Disorders ◽  
Metabolic Diseases ◽  
Genetic Disorder ◽  
Signs And Symptoms ◽  
Deciduous Teeth ◽  
Healthy Children ◽  
Dental Maturation ◽  
Children With Down Syndrome ◽  
The Family

Genetics is a key discipline in medicine, but also a clinical discipline with medical and social implications. The interest in reducing the number of genetic disorders and recognizing the risk of them repeating when a family confronts itself with a genetic anomaly becomes more and more important in the hierarchy of prophylactic emergencies. Presenting themselves as metabolic diseases (monogenic mutations) or malformations (polygenic and multifactorial heredity) because of their frequency, these disorders position themselves on an ascendant curve. They become difficult to deal with for the society, for the family and for the interested individual and cause emotional disorders. The Down syndrome is the most frequent type of genetic disorder. It is characterized by a specific set of signs and symptoms. People with Down syndrome require special medical care that, apart from the family, must include a team of doctors of various specializations and also a dentist. They are predisposed to hearing and sight disorders and thyroid problems as well. In 50% of the cases there are also anomalies of the heart, and the risk of leukaemia is 20 times higher. Some of them even develop an Alzheimer type dementia during their life. The people with Down syndrome can have an average IQ up to a moderate form of handicap. In particular, the studies on Down syndrome in dentistry are quite frequent, but they focus more on cavities, periodontal disease and hypodontia. In spite of this, the connection of Down syndrome and dental eruption is less studied. Consequently, the present study is intended to fill this missing part from the specialized literature, focusing on the relation between the Down syndrome and the chronological and dental ages in children. The health of the oral cavity is neglected in these patients, their parents focusing more on the treatment of the other systemic disorders of their children; the lack of interest is reflected in their poor oral hygiene.The trial group included 94 children with mixt dentition, aged between 6 and 12, divided as follows: 36 children with Down syndrome enrolled at the Educational Centre for Inclusive Education no. 1 of Tg. Mures and Alpha Transilvana Foundation. The chronology and the eruption sequences are subjected to certain variations and they are influenced by the presence of cavities, the premature loss or, on the contrary, the prolonged retention of deciduous teeth as well as dental anchylosis. Dental maturation is less subjected to variations, as it is a progressive, continuous and cumulative process. The presence of Down syndrome in children generates a delay in teeth eruption by 1.27 years compared to the data identified in the specialized literature and to the information obtained on the healthy children included in the study.

scholarly journals The Electrical Activity of the Orbicularis Oris Muscle in Children with Down Syndrome—A Preliminary Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (23) ◽  
pp. 5611
Author(s):  
Liliana Szyszka-Sommerfeld ◽  
Magdalena Sycińska-Dziarnowska ◽  
Krzysztof Woźniak ◽  
Monika Machoy ◽  
Sławomir Wilczyński ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Down Syndrome ◽  
Electrical Activity ◽  
Healthy Children ◽  
Exclusion Criteria ◽  
Children With Down Syndrome ◽  
Electrical Potentials ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Orbicularis Oris Muscle ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
Muscular Effort

The aim of this study was to assess the electrical activity of the superior (SOO) and inferior (IOO) orbicularis oris muscles in children with Down syndrome (DS) and in children without DS. After applying the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 30 subjects were eligible to participate in the later stages of the research—15 subjects with DS (mean age 10.1 ± 1.1) and 15 healthy controls (mean age 9.8 ± 1.0). The electrical potentials of the SOO and IOO muscles were recorded using a DAB-Bluetooth electromyography machine (Zebris Medical GmbH, Germany) during the following tasks: At clinical rest, saliva swallowing, lip protrusion, lip compression, and production of the syllable/pa/. The Mann–Whitney U test was conducted to compare the study results between the groups. An analysis of the electromyographical (EMG) recordings showed that the electrical activity of the orbicularis oris muscle in children with DS and lip incompetence was significantly higher compared to healthy children during saliva swallowing, lip compression, and when producing the syllable/pa/, and this may suggest greater muscular effort due to the need to seal the lips during these functional conditions.

scholarly journals Ophthalmologic Manifestations and Retinal Findings in Children with Down Syndrome

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Adem Ugurlu ◽  
Emre Altinkurt
Keyword(s):  
Down Syndrome ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Healthy Children ◽  
Fiber Layer ◽  
Children With Down Syndrome ◽  
Department Of Ophthalmology ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Snellen Chart ◽  
Ophthalmologic Examination ◽  
Age Range

Purpose. To evaluate ocular findings in children with Down syndrome and to compare with the healthy children group. Methods. The study patients were divided into two groups as the diagnosed Down syndrome group and the control group. The study was designed as a prospective and single-center study in Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine Department of Ophthalmology. The study included 93 patients in the age range from 7 to 18 years, who applied to the ophthalmology department of our clinic in the period from July 2017 to June 2018. The study included the patients allocated into the control group and the Down syndrome patients allocated into the patient group, containing 49 and 44 participants, respectively. All patients underwent complete ophthalmologic examination with biomicroscopy. Autorefractometer measurements were performed in all patients, and the best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) was determined with the use of the Snellen chart. All patients underwent spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) measurements for central foveal retinal (CRT), subfoveal choroidal (CCT), and peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (pRNFL) thicknesses. Results. The average CRT was 241.2 ± 25.7 microns in Down syndrome group and 219.4 ± 21.1 microns in the control group. There was a statistically significant difference between the groups in regards to CRT (p<0.001). The average pRNFL values were 123.1 ± 15.4 microns in the Down syndrome group and 102.2 ± 8.7 microns in the control group (p<0.001). Conclusions. In the subjects with Down syndrome, the incidence of lens opacities, strabismus, and amblyopia was higher than the control group. CRT and pRNFL were thicker in the Down syndrome group than in control group. This may represent retinal developmental changes in the patients with Down syndrome.

Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior Among U.S. Children With and Without Down Syndrome: The National Survey of Children's Health

2020 ◽  
Vol 125 (3) ◽  
pp. 230-242
Author(s):  
Keith M. Diaz
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Down Syndrome ◽  
Sedentary Behavior ◽  
General Health ◽  
National Sample ◽  
Regular Physical Activity ◽  
Parental Report ◽  
Health It ◽  
Children With Down Syndrome ◽  
Healthcare Needs

Abstract It is unclear whether children with Down syndrome have differing physical activity and sedentary behavior levels compared to typical children. This study addressed this evidence gap in a national sample. Physical activity/sedentary behavior were ascertained by parental report. Findings highlighted that children with Down syndrome were less likely to engage in regular physical activity compared to typical children and had the lowest likelihood of regular physical activity among all subgroups with developmental disabilities/special healthcare needs. Children with Down syndrome were also more likely to watch high volumes of television compared to typical children, although this was nonsignificant upon adjustment for general health. It was concluded that children with Down syndrome are in urgent need for interventions/programs that promote physical activity.

Promoting participation in physical activity among children and adolescents with Down syndrome

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erin E Wentz ◽  
Julia Looper ◽  
Kristi S Menear ◽  
Dipika Rohadia ◽  
Nora Shields
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Down Syndrome ◽  
Physical Therapy ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Physical Therapists ◽  
Treatment Plan ◽  
The United States ◽  
Childhood And Adolescence ◽  
Activity Levels ◽  
Children With Down Syndrome

Abstract Children with Down syndrome often have lower physical activity levels compared to their peers with typical development and face challenges such as medical co-morbidities, access issues and societal stigma, to being physically active. Physical therapists are experts in exercise prescription and physical activity and are thus uniquely qualified to successfully promote participation among children with Down syndrome in spite of inherent challenges. Our perspective is that a shift in physical therapy service delivery is needed. We suggest that physical therapists change the focus of their interventions for children with Down syndrome from underlying impairments such as low tone or joint laxity, or from developing motor skills in isolation and ‘correct’ movement patterns. Instead, physical therapists should allow the physical activity preferences and the environmental contexts of the children and adolescents they are working with to direct the treatment plan. In this way, physical therapy intervention becomes more child centered by concentrating on developing the specific skills and strategies required for success in the child’s preferred physical activity. In this paper, we consider the role of pediatric physical therapists in the United States, as well as in low- and middle- income countries, in promoting and monitoring physical activity in children with Down syndrome from infancy through adolescence. Examples of physical therapist interventions such as tummy time, movement exploration, treadmill training, bicycle riding and strength training are discussed, across infancy, childhood and adolescence, with a focus on how to successfully promote lifelong participation in physical activity.

scholarly journals Altered endotoxin responsiveness in healthy children with Down syndrome

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dean Huggard ◽  
Fiona McGrane ◽  
Niamh Lagan ◽  
Edna Roche ◽  
Joanne Balfe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Down Syndrome ◽  
Healthy Children ◽  
Children With Down Syndrome
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