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Structure of variability in development

Recruiting
Conditions
motor development, coordination, typically developing children, variability, exploration
Registration Number
NL-OMON22576
Lead Sponsor
niversity Medical Center Groningen
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
75
Inclusion Criteria

Only healthy children between five and ten years of age and healthy adults will be included in the experiment. Participants are considered eligible for inclusion in the case of absence of any upper or lower extremity pain or musculoskeletal impairments negatively affecting task performance. Furthermore participants need to be right dominant for the upper extremity and sign an informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria

Children will be excluded when motor skill abilities, established by the Movement ABC-2 test, are below norms for age.

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational non invasive
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
-kinematic measures of the reaching movement of the tip of the index finger<br /><br>-joint ranges of motion <br /><br>-uncontrolled manifold analyses
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Anthropometric data (body length, arm length and weight)<br /><br>Movement-ABC test
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