Clinical trial NCT04235465: Dynamic Gait Index in Children With Dyslexia
Official title: Reliability of the Dynamic Gait Index in Children With Dyslexia
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Dyslexia
Gait Disorders, Neurologic
Keywords: Dynamic Gait Index
Reliability
Balance
Gait
Lead sponsor: Marmara University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2020-01-22
Enrollment: 60
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 8
Maximum age (years): 14
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: CASE_CONTROL
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: 30 dyslexia patients, between 8 - 14 years of age, and 30 healthy volunteer peers

Brief summary: The aim of the present study is to investigate reliability in dyslexic children and compare it with healthy peers.

Detailed description: Assessments methods are very important for the detection and treatment of such problems and there is a need for studies that can be applied for the dyslexia group. However fewer attempts have been made to demonstrate the reliability of balance impairments tools in dyslexic children. The DGI is a test that has been used a lot lately because of its minimal requirement for space and equipment, as well as its ability to be used with different patients' groups. The aim of the present study is to investigate reliability in dyslexic children and compare it with healthy peers.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Confirmed diagnosis of dyslexia by Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
* Intelligence quotient (IQ)\> 85 results of WISC-R
* Age between 8 - 14
* Able to understand the commands given
* Volunteer to study

Exclusion Criteria:

* Having cognitive disorder
* Having neuromuscular disorder
* Having skeletal anomaly
* Having visual or hearing problems

Primary outcomes:
measure: The Dynamic Gait Index
timeFrame: Day 0
measure: The Dynamic Gait Index
timeFrame: Day 3
Secondary outcomes:
measure: The Timed Up and Go Test
timeFrame: Day 0
measure: Functional Reach Test
timeFrame: Day 0
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Istanbul
country: Turkey
facility: Marmara University School of Medicine Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Study officials:
affiliation: Department of PM&R, Marmara University School of Medicine
name: Naime Evrim Karadag-Saygi, Prof
role: STUDY_CHAIR
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