Effects of Different Dual-Task Exercises in Children With Mild Mental Retardation

Launched by ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY - CERRAHPASA · Jun 11, 2025

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ClinConnect Summary

This clinical trial is looking at how different types of exercises that combine movement and thinking tasks (called dual-task exercises) affect children with mild intellectual disabilities. The researchers want to see if these exercises can help improve the children’s ability to move around, keep their balance, think better, and overall enjoy a higher quality of life.

Children who might join the study need to be between 8 and 12 years old, have a mild intellectual disability (with an IQ between 51 and 70), understand and follow instructions in Turkish, and have parental permission to participate. The study is open to all genders but excludes children who have other health issues like metabolic diseases, hearing or vision problems, or who already exercise regularly. Participants will take part in special exercise programs designed to challenge both their physical and cognitive skills, and the study will measure how these exercises impact their daily functioning and well-being.

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Obtaining parental consent
• • Having an Intelligence Quotient between 51-70
• • Having an educational diagnosis of mild mental retardation
• • Being between the ages of 8-12
• • Ability to understand Turkish instructions
• • Ability to follow commands during the exercise program
• • No additional disabilities that would prevent participation in the program
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Having a metabolic or systemic disease
• • Engaging in regular physical exercise
• • Having visual or hearing impairments
• • Presence of any condition that would interfere with compliance to assessment parameters