Clinical trial NCT04123912: Kinesio Taping and Physiotherapeutic Exercises for Children With DCD
Official title: Effect of Kinesio Taping and Functional Movement Power Training on Neuromuscular Performance, Motor Proficiency and Functional Independence in Children With Developmental Coordination Disorder: A Randomised Controlled Trial
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Phase: NA
Conditions: Developmental Coordination Disorder
Lead sponsor: The University of Hong Kong
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2019-10-11
Enrollment: 20
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 6
Maximum age (years): 12
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: Aim: To investigate the effectiveness of a novel elastic taping-augmented functional movement power training (KT-FMPT) program in improving leg muscular performance, body balance, motor proficiency and functional independence in children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD).

Methodology: In this clinical trial, twenty children with DCD (aged 6-12) will be randomly assigned to either a KT-FMPT group or a placebo control group. Children in the KT-FMPT and control groups will receive elastic taping-augmented FMPT and general jogging exercise with non-elastic taping, respectively, for 12 weeks (2 hours/week). Major outcome measures: body balance and leg muscle activity will be measured via muscle sensors along with a force platform. Secondary outcome measures: leg muscle strength, motor proficiency and functional independence will be assessed by a digital dynamometer, the Movement Assessment Battery for Children-2 and Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory, respectively (before- and after-intervention measurements).

Significance: The KT-FMPT group is predicted to display much better muscular and motor performances than the control group. This novel training program can be readily adopted in clinical, school, or home settings to improve functional independence in children with DCD, an outcome with positive socioeconomic implications. Moreover, study findings will inspire future research work in children with other childhood-onset disabilities.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* 6- to 12-years-old
* classified as DCD according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders V
* score \< 5th percentile on the Movement Assessment Battery for Children, 2nd edition (MABC-2)
* total score \< 46 on the DCD questionnaire (2007)
* attending a mainstream primary school with intelligence level within the normal range
* no KT or FMPT experience

Exclusion Criteria:

* any known congenital, cognitive, psychiatric, neurological, sensorimotor, musculoskeletal or cardiopulmonary disorder that may affect test performance
* receiving active rehabilitation treatment
* demonstrating excessive disruptive behaviour
* unable to follow instructions

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change in leg muscle electromyographic activation onset latency time (in ms)
timeFrame: 0 and 3 months
measure: Change in centre of pressure movement pathway in standing (in mm/cm)
timeFrame: 0 and 3 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change in lower-extremity maximum isometric muscle strength (in kg/N)
timeFrame: 0 and 3 months
measure: Change in Movement Assessment Battery for Children-2 percentile score
timeFrame: 0 and 3 months
measure: Change in Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory score
timeFrame: 0 and 3 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Hong Kong
country: Hong Kong
facility: University of Hong Kong
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