Clinical trials: Functional Ability
Healthy Volunteer, Muscular Atrophy, Spinal
Ability of Muscle Imaging and Motor Function Measure (MFM) to Detect Changes in Disease Progression in Ambulant Spinal Muscular Atrophy Patients Compared to Healthy Volunteers.
This non-drug, single center, 24-week, longitudinal study in ambulant spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) patients and in age- and gender-matched healthy volunteers will assess the detection of disease progression by magnetic resonance…
- Trial name
- NCT02044029
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hoffmann-La Roche
Motor Development, Balance
Balance-Cognitive-Strength Training for Balance, Inhibitory Control, and Gait in Preschool Children
This randomized controlled study evaluated whether an 8-week balance-cognitive-strength training program improved balance ability, inhibitory control, and gait performance in preschool children aged 3 to 6 years.
- Conditions
- Motor Development, Balance, Healthy Children, Gait
- Trial name
- BCS-Preschool (NCT07689474)
- Testing
- Balance-Cognitive-Strength Training
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 65 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aiyoudong Children and Youth Sports Health Research Institute
Athletic Performance, Soccer
Acute Effects of Isometric Conditioning on Sprint, Jump and Change of Direction Performance in Youth Soccer Players
This study aims to examine the acute effects of an isometric conditioning activity on sprinting, jumping, and change-of-direction performance in elite youth soccer players.
- Conditions
- Athletic Performance, Soccer, Isometric Strength Training
- Trial name
- NCT07482254
- Testing
- Isometric Conditioning Activity, Control Condition
- Where
- Poland
- Volunteers
- 13 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education in Katowice
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Apraxia of Speech
Video Assisted Speech Technology to Enhance Motor Planning for Speech
Nearly 3.5 million Americans are diagnosed with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD), a communication disorder that causes skill limitations in the areas of language acquisition, sensory integration, and behavior.
- Trial name
- VAST (NCT04764539)
- Testing
- Video Assisted Speech Therapy (VAST)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- iTherapy, LLC
Cerebral Palsy, Spastic
Sensory Perceptual Training on Activities of Daily Living and Hand Functions
Many risk factors can come to the fore in CP. With the new studies on CP, new risk factors are defined and existing risks are better understood.
- Trial name
- NCT06554990
- Testing
- physical therapy excersies, sensory perceptual motor exercises
- Where
- 2 sites in Egypt
- Volunteers
- 52 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Badr University
Socioemotional Development, Cognitive Ability
Early Institutionalization Intervention Impact Project
The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of early intervention (placement into foster care, and a caregiving training) on physical, cognitive, social and brain development and psychiatric symptomatology in children…
- Conditions
- Socioemotional Development, Cognitive Ability, Behavioral and Neural Patterns of Attention, Brain Function
- Trial name
- EI-3 (NCT04165746)
- Testing
- Foster Care, Caregiving Intervention
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 220 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital
Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries
Influence of Proprioceptive Reweighting Ability on Lower-limb Biomechanics During Functional Tasks
Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries are frequent in handball especially among young players. Recent investigations highlighted the implication of the central nervous system as a potential risk factor for ACL rupture.
- Trial name
- NEURIBIO (NCT04736511)
- Testing
- Star Excursion Balance Test, Single leg Drop Vertical Jump, Unplanned sidestep cutting manoeuvre
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 41 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Brest
Convalescence, Healthy
Screening Study for the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
The primary function of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine (RMD) is to diagnose and treat patients at the NIH who have problems in locomotion, activities of daily living, occupational roles, communication, swallowing, or…
- Trial name
- NCT00023088
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)
Cerebral Palsy, Spastic
The Relationship Between Functional Exercise Capacity, Respiratory Muscle Strength, Trunk Control, Balance and Activities of Daily Living in Individuals With Cerebral Palsi
Cerebral palsy (CP) causes problems in posture, movement, breathing, postural control and balance in individuals. This work; This study was conducted to examine the relationship between functional exercise capacity, respiratory…
- Trial name
- NCT05682079
- Testing
- TCMS, PEDİ, respiration, GMFCS,PBS,functional capacity
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nursena Güçlü
Sensory Motor Integration and Erb's
Sensory Motor Integration Training in Erb's Palsy Childern
The aim of the study is to Study effect of sensory motor integration training on ADL activities in children with Erb's palsy.
- Trial name
- NCT06324643
- Testing
- sensory motor integration training
- Volunteers
- 35 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sara Elsayed Ali Abdelnaby Ali
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Activities of Daily Living Participation Characteristics Among School-Aged Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder
This study aimed to investigate the performance of activities of daily living (ADL) among 53 children ages 6-10 years: 17 with high-severity ASD (HS-ASD), 16 with low-severity ASD (LS-ASD), and 20 controls with typical…
- Trial name
- NCT05186103
- Testing
- observation
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 53 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sara Rosenblum
Low Executive Function in Children
Modeling and Testing Change in Mental Abilities in Childhood
Children with low executive function, working memory and attention skills in childhood not only do poorly at school, but also go on to do poorly on social, health, and financial indicators in adulthood.
- Trial name
- NCT02459873
- Testing
- Computer games to assess change in executive function skills
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Southern California
Sarcoma, Ewing's
Functional and Clinical Long-Term Outcome of Ewing Sarcoma Treatment
The purpose of the study is to assess the functional outcome, quality of life and late sequelae in a representative sample of 600 long-term survivors of Ewing sarcoma and to build a unique clinical and functional data pool of the…
- Trial name
- NCT00824083
- Where
- 2 sites in Germany
- Volunteers
- 950 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital Muenster
Child Development
The Role of Motion in Infants' Ability to Categorize
This study is concerned with psychological and physiological development in infants. Specifically, researchers are interested in when and how babies are able to group similar objects, like animals or vehicles, into the same…
- Trial name
- NCT00362076
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 941 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Physical Disability
Understanding Disparities in Healthcare and Primary Care Provider Quality
The project proposes to fill gaps in the understanding of disparities in healthcare and primary care provider (PCP) quality from the perspectives of adult Medicare beneficiaries with disabilities compared to those without…
- Trial name
- NCT02626910
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 49 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Neuromuscular Disorders
Study of Feasibility to Reliably Measure Functional Abilities' Changes in Nonambulant Neuromuscular Patients Without Trial Site Visiting
Clinical trials organization in several neuromuscular disorders (NMD) has some specific issues. Nonambulant status and difficulties with transportation are among them.
- Trial name
- NCT02235090
- Testing
- Direct current stimulation of cervical spinal cord
- Where
- Ukraine
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Charitable Foundation Children with Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Sleep Duration, Child Obesity
Effect of Sleep Extension on Body Weight and Learning in Children (More2Sleep)
More2Sleep is a randomized, controlled, parallel trial with two groups (sleep extension vs control) including 142 school-aged children (6-12 years) who have a BMI above average, defined as age- and sex-specific BMI Z-score above…
- Conditions
- Sleep Duration, Child Obesity, Child Development, Child Behavior
- Trial name
- More2Sleep (NCT06341179)
- Testing
- Sleep extension
- Where
- 3 sites in Denmark
- Volunteers
- 142 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Copenhagen
ADHD
Language Abilities of Children With ADHD
BACKGROUND: Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity-Disorder (ADHD) is associated with language difficulties within expressive, receptive and pragmatic areas of language.Telling stories is a particularly interesting language task as is…
- Trial name
- NCT03917316
- Testing
- Language and neuropsychological tests
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 97 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus
Healhty
Does the Continuous Repetition of Motor Skills at a Consistent Speed With Music Affect Children's Decision-Making and Learning Abilities?
This study examined whether repeating motor skill exercises at a consistent speed with music can improve decision-making and independent learning abilities in children aged 8-9 years.
- Trial name
- NCT07147686
- Testing
- Slow tempo basic motor skills exercises with music (30 BPM), Fast tempo basic motor skills exercises with music (60 BPM)
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 399 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- bekir tokay
Smoke Exposure, Smokeless Tobacco
Effect of Passive Smoking on Functional Capacity, Cognition and Academic Performance in Primary School Children
This is an observational study that aims to understand the effects of passive smoking (secondhand smoke exposure) on children's health and development.
- Trial name
- NCT06723470
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Egyptian Chinese University