Comparing the effect of Core Stability Trainings and Closed Kinetic Chain Trainings on the Postural Control of Mentally Retarded Students

Postural Control has important role in the daily activities of mentally retarded children. The purpose of this study was Comparing the effect of Core Stabilization Trainings and closed kinetic chain trainings on the Postural Control of mentally retarded students.
In this case-control study, 45 male mentally retarded students in three groups of Control, Core Stability and closed kinetic chain with 15 people participated. TRN groups performed core stabilization trainings and closed kinetic chain trainings for 8 weeks and three times per week. The pre-test and post-test of Sharpened Romberg test was done for measuring static balance of three groups. ANOVA test used to analyze the data (p≤0.05).
Static balance with opened eye results showed significant differences in mean Core Stability and CTL groups (p=0.005) and closed kinetic chain and CTL groups (p=0.007) but showed insignificant differences in mean Core Stability and closed kinetic chain groups (p=0.910). Static balance with closed eye results showed significant differences in mean Core Stability and CTL groups (p≤0.000) and closed kinetic chain and CTL groups (p=0.002) but showed insignificant differences in mean Core Stability and closed kinetic chain groups (p=0.420).
Core stabilization training program and closed kinetic chain training program improve static balance of mentally retarded students and can be used for improving postural control of mentally retarded students.