Dual Tasking in Children With Cerebral Palsy and Healthy Children: an EEG Study

• Conditions: Child Development
• Interventions: Behavioral: EEG

• Registration Number: NCT04634292
• Lead Sponsor: University Hospital, Grenoble

Brief Summary

Simultaneous execution of motor and cognitive tasks is embedded in the daily life of children. An EEG study will be conducted on healthy children and children with cerebral palsy to study the neural correlates during dual tasking while walking

Detailed Description

Children will walk at their preferred speed on a treadmill. During dual tasking, they will listen to animals cries and will have to count the number of specified animals cries.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2020-09-03
• Status Verified: 2020-11
• Study Start: 2020-11
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-11-12
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-11-12
• Study First Posted: 2020-11-18
• Last Update Posted: 2020-11-18
• Primary Completion: 2022-09-30
• Study Completion: 2022-09-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 84

Inclusion Criteria

• normal walking

For children with cerebral palsy: diplegia or hemiplegia, GMFCS 1 or 2, no botulinium injection since 4 months

Exclusion Criteria

• medical problem

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Children with cerebral palsy 10-12 years	EEG	21 children
Children with cerebral palsy 7-9 years	EEG	21 children
Healthy children 7-9 years	EEG	21 children
Healthy children 10-12 years	EEG	21 children

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Neural correlates during dual tasking in children	2 years	EEG, locomotion parameters, cognitive performances