Development and Application-Smart Football for Movement Evaluation and Training in the Special Education Population

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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Children with disabilities are frequently ignored by the general population, hence the development of movement evaluation and training devices for use in special education settings are relatively overlooked. Usually the performance of these children is not stable and contains variations. Hence in order to get a complete picture of their sport performance, simply measuring movement time and distance is definitely not representative. With the rising attention from government regarding fitness and social participation of the disabled in recent years, developing a special-designed individual evaluation & training plan is of great importance. To achieve this goal, a device which is able to record the complete process of movement, and contains algorithm that can pick up the movement characteristics of children with disabilities is needed. The purpose of this study is to design and develop a smart soccer ball system for use in children with intellectual disabilities(ID), and to compare the performance between children with ID and the typically developed.

Official Title
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Assistive Device Design, Development and Application-Smart Football for Movement Evaluation and Training in the Special Education Population

Conditions
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Intellectual Disability

Intervention / Treatment
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* Device: smart soccer ball


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Intellectual disabilities (ID) group: children with mild to moderate intellectual disabilities. able to walk independently can follow simple commands Typical developed children: age-matched TD children Exclusion Criteria: fracture or receive orthopedic surgery within six months. Participate in regular soccer training.

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 10 Years
Maximum Age: 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| children with intelligent disabilities<br>children with ID will be measured via a smart soccer ball. Performance will be measured as acceleration, total time for completion, total distance | Device: smart soccer ball<br>* smart soccer ball was used to measure participant's performance in total time and distance for completion, and acceleration<br>|
| typical-developed children (TD)<br>TD children will be measured via a smart soccer ball. Performance will be measured as acceleration, total time for completion, total distance | Device: smart soccer ball<br>* smart soccer ball was used to measure participant's performance in total time and distance for completion, and acceleration<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| acceleration (in m/sec square) |  | one week | 
| distance completed (in meters) |  | one week | 
| time (in second) |  | one week | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Assistive device, the disabled, special education, movement analysis, system development