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Dual-tasking Effect on Gait in Children With Developmental Coordination Disorder

NCT06400043 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 23

Last updated 2026-03-20

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Summary

The aim of the study is to collect data in children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD) aged between 7 and 17 years for analyses of the gait pattern while walking at the Gait Real-time Analysis Interactive Lab (GRAIL) at the university hospital of Ghent.

Children with DCD will be asked to take a motor test (M-ABC-2) as well as walk on the treadmill during a single session of approximately 3 hours.

The following data will be collected on the GRAIL while subjects walk at different gait speeds: 3D kinematics, kinetics, and EMG.

Additionally, 3D kinematics, kinetics, and EMG data will be collected when performing either a cognitive (Stroop Color and Word Test) or motor (requiring arm swing) dual-task while walking at comfortable walking speed..

Conditions

  • Gait

Interventions

OTHER

Cognitive dual-task

Participants will be asked to walk at comfortable walking speed while playing an additional cognitive task, namely the Stroop Color and Word Test.

OTHER

Motor dual-task

Participants will be asked to walk at comfortable walking speed while playing an additional motor task, namely a game that requires arm swing to hit the targets.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Hospital, Ghent

    collaborator OTHER

  • University Ghent

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Lynn Bar-On · University Ghent

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
7 Years
Max Age
17 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-07-12
Primary Completion
2026-08-31
Completion
2026-08-31

Countries

  • Belgium

Study Locations

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