Increasing motor skills and physical activity in children with Developmental Coordination Disorder: a controlled trial.

Completed

• Conditions: motorische retardatie; Developmental Coordination Disorder; motor skills disorder

• Registration Number: NL-OMON40172
• Lead Sponsor: niversitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Last Update Posted: 29 April 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 48

Inclusion Criteria

-Children referred to paediatric therapy by a general practitioner or school medical officer;
-Score on a standardised test of motor skills performance (MABC-II) below 16th percentile;
-An indication of DCD or suspected DCD on the Developmental Coordination Disorder Questionnaire 2007 as experienced by parents;
-A score below the advised amount of daily steps for children (boys < 15000; girls < 12000) on a pedometer (Yamax CW700);
-Age between 7 and 10;
-Parental informed consent and child verbal assent;
-No known neurological disorders causing motor problems (e.g. cerebral palsy, spina bifida etc.).

Exclusion Criteria

-Insufficient understanding of the Dutch language;
-Children with only a low score (< 16th percentile) on the subscale manual dexterity of the MABC-II.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>The main study parameters are:<br /><br>- physical activity as assessed with a pedometer and parental proxi-reports </p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Secondary parameters are:<br /><br>- motor skills as assessed with the MABC-II and the Developmental Coordination<br /><br>Disorder Questionnaire 2007 (DCDQ 2007)<br /><br>- perceived motor competence as assessed with the *Hoe ik<br /><br>vind dat ik het doe* - questionnaire<br /><br>- global self-worth as assessed with the Self Perception Profile for Children</p><br>