Maximum muscle force measurement in infants and toddlers

• Conditions: 10029317; aangeboren spieraandoeningen; decreased muscle force; 10028302

• Registration Number: NL-OMON30704
• Lead Sponsor: niversitair Medisch Centrum Sint Radboud

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Last Update Posted: 13 May 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Pending
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 200

Inclusion Criteria

Healthy, normal children between 0 and 3 years old, with written informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria

Preterm and children with known health problems will be excluded.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational non invasive
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Statistical analysis<br /><br>To answer the research questions the IMF maximum muscle force in Newton<br /><br>out of three measurements and the raw and normalized scores for the AIMS will<br /><br>be calculated for each age group.<br /><br>· To test the intrarater reliability the correlation between IMF-test-1 (at the<br /><br>beginning) and IMF-test-2 (at the end) performed by the same tester will be<br /><br>calculated for each different age group. To test the interrater reliability the<br /><br>correlation between IMF-test-1 and IMF-test-2 performed by two different<br /><br>testers will be calculated for each different age group.<br /><br>· To test the construct validity the correlation between IMF and motor<br /><br>development test (AIMS) will be calculated for each different age group.<br /><br>· Reference values will be calculated using means and standard deviations for<br /><br>each different age group. If necessary different values will be used for boys<br /><br>and girls.</p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>not relevant</p><br>