Step by step: Functional gait in children with Developmental Coordination Disorder
- Conditions
- Developmental coordination Disorder/clumsy children10028037
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON45685
- Lead Sponsor
- Radboud Universitair Medisch Centrum
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 30
-age 6 to 12 years;In order to be eligible to participate in this study, a subject must meet all of the following criteria (according to the DSM-V criteria for DCD):
- the Movement Assessment Battery for Children (mABC - second edition) assesses the motor abilities of the children. Children can only be diagnosed with DCD group if they have a total mABC-2 score at or below the 16th percentile or the score at the balance component of the mABC-2 is at or below the fifth percentile.
- Motor impairment significantly interferes with daily life and/or academic achievement. This is judged by the medical specialist and can be further assessed by using the Developmental Coordination Disorder Questionnaire (DCD-Q) or Groninger Motoriek Observatieschaal (GMO).
- The motor impairment is not caused by a medical condition. The diagnosis cannot be made if the IQ is 70 or lower. ;If the diagnosis DCD is not made by a medical specialist, the research criteria for DCD are used as inclusion criteria:
- M-ABC-2: total score <= 16 or a score of <= 5 on the balance component of the test.
- Score *indication for DCD* or *suspection of DCD* on the Dutch version of the DCD-Q, filled in by the parents.
- the parents are asked to state whether the symptoms exists from early childhood, that child attends a regular school and did not repeat a class, and that the child has no visual or neurological problems.
- Neurologic, orthopedic or severe visual problems
- Severe behavioral problems
- Temporary physical complaints that might influence walking
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Case control study (part 1)<br /><br>Gait will be measured during overground walking and while walking on the<br /><br>C-mill. The C-mill is a treadmill with embedded force plates. On this treadmill<br /><br>visual stimuli can be projected. During undisturbed walking, gait<br /><br>characteristics, like step length, width and variability, will be determined.<br /><br>An obstacle avoidance (C-mill) task will be performed with and without dual<br /><br>tasks, with failure rate as main outcome measure. For all these measures the<br /><br>scores of the children with DCD will be compared to reference data.<br /><br><br /><br>Intervention study (part 2)<br /><br>The measurements as described in part 1 are the main study parameters in the<br /><br>evaluation of the intervention. These outcomes will be measured directly after<br /><br>the intervention and after 6 months follow up. </p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method