Developmental Coordination Disorder Among Primary School Learners in the Cape Town Metro Central Education District
- Conditions
- Developmental Coordination Disorder
- Registration Number
- PACTR201206000392602
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of Cape Town
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 56
Children between the ages of 7-10 years attending selected schools
All participants identified as having DCD whose parents have provided consent and who themselves have provided assent, will proceed on to the intervention phase.
DCD is defined as the presence of a functional motor problem detected on screening and a score of >15th percentile on the MABC-2.
No specific exclusion criteria will be applied during assessment.
For the second phase, participants who are reported to have epilepsy will be excluded from using the Wii Fit game as it has been reported that exposure to video games may trigger seizures. These participants will receive standard care.
Participants with an identifiable cause of motor delay (eg. Cerebral palsy), as determined through medical history from parental report and/or clinical examination by the research therapist, will be included in the treatment protocol for ethical reasons. However, their results will be analysed separately.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Scores on the movement assessment battery for children- 2 (MABC-2)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 20m shuttle run;Functional strength Measure;hand held dynamometry;muscle power sprint test