Movement Strategies During Balance Tasks in Children With and Without Developmental Coordination Disorder
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age7-12
SponsorHasselt University
About this trial
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
Qualifiers
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%)
Total score at or below the 25th percentile on the Movement Assessment Battery for children, second edition
Disqualifiers
Intellectual problems
Visual problems
Vestibular problems
Neurological conditions
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Single-session balance intervention in virtual reality
Treatment groups
50 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment groupSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov