A Randomised Controlled Trial of a Group-based, Gaze Training Intervention for Children With Developmental Coordination Disorder
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 23
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Changes in the qualitative catching performance scale score
研究概览
简要总结
The aim of this study was to integrate a gaze training intervention (i.e., quiet eye training; QET) that has been shown to improve the throwing and catching skill of children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD), within an approach (i.e., group therapy) that might alleviate the psychosocial influence of these motor skill deficits.
详细描述
Children with DCD will be randomly split into either QET group or a technical training (TT). The TT group will be given movement-related instructions via video, relating to the throw and catch phases, while the QET group will also be taught to fixate a target location on the wall prior to the throw (QE1) and to track the ball prior to the catch (QE2). Each group will take part in a 4- week, group therapy intervention and measurements of QE duration obtained from a mobile eye tracking system and catching performance are to be taken before and after training, and at a 6-week delayed retention test. Parental feedback on psychosocial and motor skill outcomes will also be collected at delayed retention.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Single (Participant)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 7 Years 至 11 Years（Child）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Prior diagnosis of Developmental Coordination Disorder or suspected to have DCD
- •Scores below the 5th percentile on the MABC-2 (Movement Assessment Battery for Children-2)
- •Be of normal intelligence (assessed through parent/teacher feedback)
- •No neurological disorder
- •Normal of corrected-to-normal vision
排除标准
- •Score over 5th Percentile on the MABC-2
- •Suffers from a neurological disorder
- •Below average intelligence
- •Any visual impairment
结局指标
主要结局
Changes in the qualitative catching performance scale score
时间窗: From Baseline to after a 4 week training period, and after 6-week delayed retention test
The qualitative catching performance scale consisted of an 11-point scale whereby catch attempts were given a score between '0' (Makes no move towards the ball as it comes back) and '10' (The catch is made exclusively with the palms and fingers).
Changes in Quiet Eye durations
时间窗: From Baseline to after a 4 week training period, and after 6-week delayed retention test
Changes in participants eye-movements
Change in Catching Success
时间窗: From Baseline to after a 4 week training period, and after 6-week delayed retention test
How many balls the participants catch out of 50 attempts
次要结局
- Changes 3D Movement Kinematics(From Baseline to after a 4 week training period, and after 6-week delayed retention test)
- Parental Perceptions of Motor Skill Improvements(End of the study (approximately 12 weeks after baseline testing))
- Changes in Muscular Activity (EMG)(From Baseline to after a 4 week training period, and after 6-week delayed retention test)
研究者
Greg Wood
Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology
Manchester Metropolitan University