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Drumming Lessons' Influence on Children With Down Syndrome

NCT07156318 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2026-05-19

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Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if drumming lessons can increase self-control in children with Down syndrome. The main question it aims to answer is whether 2 months of drumming lessons can improve the behavioral control and timing skills in children with Down syndrome. Participants are between 7 and 15 years of age and receive two months of drumming lessons given by a professional drummer with extensive experience working with children with Down syndrome. Children in the experimental group visit our lab once before lessons start and once after lessons are completed. Children in the control group visit our lab twice before they start their lessons. Lab visits include brain recordings taken using a net-style cap, computer tasks, and drumming to music.

Conditions

  • Down Syndrome

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

2 months of drumming lessons given by a professional drummer with extensive experience working with children with Down syndrome

Drumming lessons consisting of how to use hands to drum on djembe drum, using alternating hands to drum, drumming to a metronome and to music.

BEHAVIORAL

Lessons after measurement

Receiving lessons after the two lab visits should still offer any possible positive effects to participants while still allowing us to compare the Control group children's behaviors to those of the Experimental group.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Vanderbilt University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Amy Needham, PhD · Vanderbilt University

  • Miriam Lense, PhD · Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-02-15
Primary Completion
2027-07-31
Completion
2027-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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