A SURVEY ON THE EFFECT OF CORE STABILIZATION TRAINING PROGRAM ON THE STATIC AND DYNAMIC BALANCE OF MENTALLY RETARDED STUDENTS

Mental retardation is one of the most common mental disabilities that are allocated
about 3% of the world's population. The purpose of this study was to survey the effect of core
stabilization training program on the static and dynamic balance of mentally retarded students.
Materials & Methods: In a case-control study, 30 male mentally retarded students divided into two
groups (CTL, 15 mentally retarded with a mean age of 11.23± 3.11 years, height 148 ± 7.51cm, weight
35.26 ±5.13kg) and (TRN, 15 mentally retarded with a mean age 11.53 ±2.25 years, height 150±7.02 cm,
weight 42.12±7.08 kg), TRN group was performed a core stabilization program for 8 weeks and three
times per week. The pre-test and post-test of Sharpened Romberg test was done to measure static
balance, while 'Get Up' and 'Go test' was done to measure dynamic balance of two groups. Independent Ttest was used to analyze the data (p≤0.05).
Result: Results showed significant differences in the mean of static balance (open eye (p 0.000), closed
eye (p≤0.000)), and for dynamic balance (P≤0.000) in both groups.
Conclusion: Core stabilization training program improve the static and dynamic balance of mentally
retarded students, and it can be used with other training programs for improving the balance of mentally
retarded students.