Rhythm Effect on Dance Learning in Children with and Without Cerebral Palsy.

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Recruiting

• Conditions: Cerebral Palsy (CP)
• Interventions: Behavioral: With regular rhythm; Behavioral: Without regular rhythm

• Registration Number: NCT06137625
• Lead Sponsor: University Hospital, Toulouse

Brief Summary

Cerebral Palsy (CP) leads to motor impairments and impacts activities of daily living and academic and social achievement (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). Children with CP present impaired procedural learning abilities that is the ability to acquire cognitive-motor skills with practice (Gagliardi et al., 2011; Gofer-Levi et al., 2013). However, some rehabilitative rhythmic interventions, such as adaptive dance training, appear to improve motor, cognitive, psycho-emotional, and social functions in these children (Cherriere, Martel, et al., 2020; Cherriere, Robert, et al., 2020). Rhythm seems to be an important factor in these benefits, probably because regular rhythm improves motor control and learning (Thaut, 2015; Lagarrigue et al., 2021; Ghai et al., 2022). To validate this hypothesis, the investigators propose to evaluate the effects the presence of a regular rhythm on learning of a danse choreography in typically developing children and children with CP.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2023-11-07
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-11-15
• Study First Posted: 2023-11-18
• Study Start: 2024-07-02
• Status Verified: 2024-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-10-03
• Last Update Posted: 2024-10-07
• Primary Completion: 2027-01
• Study Completion: 2027-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 68

Inclusion Criteria

For all the participants:

• Aged from 8 to 16 include.
• Free, informed, written, and signed consent of the holders of parental authority
• Free and informed consent of the minor
• Affiliation with or benefiting from a social security scheme.
• Ability to understand the instructions (investigator's assessment)

For the participant with CP:

• CP diagnosis
• Gross Motor Function Classification System level between I to IV.
• Manual Ability Classification System level between I to IV.

For the participant with typical development:

• No CP diagnosis
• No neurological trouble nor functional disfunction including developmental coordination disorder.

Exclusion Criteria

• -Autism spectrum disorder diagnosed according to the DSM-5 (APA, 2015)
• Hearing deficiency diagnosed according to the DSM-5 (APA, 2015) or uncorrected hearing deficiency that doesn't allows the participant to hear a music with a sound level between 45 and 70 decibels.
• Visual deficiency diagnosed according to the DSM-5 (APA, 2015)
• Intellectual developmental disorder diagnosed according to the DSM-5 (APA, 2015)
• Behavioural disorders diagnosed according to the DSM-5 (APA, 2015)
• Diagnosed epilepsia
• Pregnancy (check in young pubescent and sexually active women) or breastfeeding.
• Children already include in ongoing interventional study.
• Children with both parent who benefit of legal protection (guardianship, curatorship, safeguard of justice).

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: CROSSOVER

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Cerebral Palsy	With regular rhythm	Children with Cerebral Palsy
Cerebral Palsy	Without regular rhythm	Children with Cerebral Palsy
Typical developing	Without regular rhythm	Typical developing children
Typical developing	With regular rhythm	Typical developing children

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Retention score of the choreography	Day 0	Number of movements in the choreography performed correctly and in order after practice is analysed by video using a standardised observation grid scored independently and blind to the condition by two trained judges.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
the effect of regular rhythm on Perceptivo-Motor Procedural Learning (PMPL)	Day 0	The PMPL is measured by an informatised and standardised test (EVAL_App_Kids test)
the effect of regular rhythm on sensorimotor function	Day 0	the effect is measured by rhythm perception and production task
the effect of regular rhythm on cognitive function	Day 0	the effect is measured by informatised test on attention and executive function
the effect of regular rhythm on psychoaffective function	Day 0	the effect is measured by Intrinsic Motivation Inventory questionnaire (IMI)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Toulouse Hospital; 🇫🇷 Toulouse, France