Clinical trial NCT06802094: Movement Strategies During Balance Tasks in Children With and Without Developmental Coordination Disorder
Official title: Case-Control Research of the Movement Strategies Used During Balance Tasks in Children With and Without Developmental Coordination Disorder
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Development Coordination Disorder
Typical Developed Children
Keywords: Postural control
Movement strategies
Brain activity
Postural balance [Mesh]
Pediatrics [Mesh]
Motor Skills Disorders [Mesh]
Lead sponsor: Hasselt University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2025-01-30
Enrollment: 50
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 7
Maximum age (years): 12
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Intervention model description: Case-control study (Children with and without Developmental Coordination Disorder) with a follow-up measurement for retention and transfer after one week.
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: The main objective of the study is to gain insights in how children learn a balance task and whether there is a difference between children with and without Developmental Coordination Disorder. Furthermore, the investigators are interested in the brain activity of these children while learning this new balance task.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

For children with DCD

* Children with the clinical diagnosis of Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) based on criteria of the DSM-5 (APA, 2013), diagnosed by a pediatrician.
* Children who have no formal diagnosis are evaluated by the research team using the diagnostic criteria as outlined in the inclusion criteria, these children will be included as "suspected of having DCD"
* Balance problems need to be present and objectified with the Balance Evaluation Systems Test for Children, second edition (Kids-BESTest-2). (total score below 80%)

For children without DCD

* Total score at or below the 25th percentile on the Movement Assessment Battery for children, second edition
* Normal postural control, objectified by the Kids-BESTest-2 (score at or above 80%)
* Match with children with DCD based on their sex, age and potential comorbidities.

Exclusion Criteria:

Presence of:

* Intellectual problems
* Visual problems
* Vestibular problems
* Neurological conditions
* Not able to follow instructions due to behavioral problems
* Refuse to participate

Primary outcomes:
measure: Changes in the center of mass velocity and acceleration after a single-training session in VR and after a one-week retention
timeFrame: Baseline, after 30 minutes intervention, one week
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Hemodynamic response in cortical brain regions during balance tasks
timeFrame: Baseline, one week
measure: Score on a comprehensive postural control measurement, Kids-BESTest-2
timeFrame: Baseline
Other outcomes:
measure: Score on a general motor scale, Movement Assessment Battery for Children, second edition
timeFrame: Baseline
Locations:
city: Diepenbeek
country: Belgium
facility: Hasselt Univeristy, Faculty of Rehabilitation Sciences
state: Limburg
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