Clinical trials: Movement Disorders in Children
Developmental Coordination Disorder
Taping for Children With and Without Movement Clumsiness
To investigate the effects of K Tape on walking pattern, muscle activity and motor performance in children with and without developmental coordination disorder (DCD).
- Trial name
- NCT02945124
- Testing
- K tape
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong
Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy
Comparison of Constraint Induced Movement Therapy and Mirror Therapy
Hemiplegia in infants and children is a type of Cerebral Palsy that results from damage to the part (hemisphere) of the brain that controls muscle movements. This damage may occur before, during or shortly after birth.
- Trial name
- NCT06294444
- Testing
- Constraint Induced Movement Therapy, Mirror therapy
- Where
- 2 sites in Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Riphah International University
Dystonia, Dystonic Cerebral Palsy
Enhancing Sensorimotor Processing in Children With Dystonia
Dystonia is a severely disabling movement disorder with no cure, in which people suffer painful muscle spasms causing twisting movements and abnormal postures. There are many causes, including genetic conditions and brain injury.
- Conditions
- Dystonia, Dystonic Cerebral Palsy, Dystonia, Secondary, Dystonia, Primary
- Trial name
- NCT05612464
- Testing
- No intervention
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- King's College London
Movement Disorders
Effectiveness of Vojta Therapy in Motor Development of Preterm Children
Justification: Prematurely born children have an increased prevalence of neurodevelopment problems in the first two years. Knowledge regarding the effects of early intervention programs is essential to the follow up of these…
- Trial name
- NCT01838278
- Testing
- Vojta Physiotherapy Method
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad de Murcia
Tourette Syndrome in Children, Tourette Syndrome in Adolescence
Internet-based CBIT for Children With Chronic Tics
To evaluate the effect and acceptability of an Internet-based comprehensive behavioral intervention for tics (ICBIT) in a sample of children and adolescents with Tic disorders.
- Conditions
- Tourette Syndrome in Children, Tourette Syndrome in Adolescence, Chronic Tic Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT04087616
- Testing
- ICBIT, waiting list
- Where
- 2 sites in Israel
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tel Aviv Medical Center
Tourette Syndrome in Children, Tourette Syndrome in Adolescence
Extinction Learning in Youth With Tourette Syndrome
Aversive sensory phenomena such as premonitory urges play a central role in the behavioral treatment model of tics. Extinction learning and extinction recall are learning processes implicated within this model, but have not been…
- Conditions
- Tourette Syndrome in Children, Tourette Syndrome in Adolescence, Habit Reversal Training, Tic
- Trial name
- NCT03765463
- Testing
- Habit Reversal Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Self-Perception, Body Weight
Effects of Active Video Games in Physically Inactive Children
Inactivity was reported to be high in children and considered to be the fourth common cause of death in all ages. The reason for children is usually the increasing indoor use of sedentary screen time.
- Trial name
- AVGAME (NCT03720938)
- Testing
- Active Video Games
- Volunteers
- 106 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Abant Izzet Baysal University
Attention Deficit Disorder With Hyperactivity (ADHD), Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)
A Quick and Reliable Eye Movement Test to Help Diagnose ADHD in Children.
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) affects more than 5 % of children and adolescents, with a globally increasing prevalence.
- Trial name
- ADHDin15? (NCT07136259)
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Onovis Augenpraxis
Neuroinflammation, Autism Spectrum Disorder
Imaging - Clinical Evaluation of Altered Nervous System Drainage
The current study aims to evaluate the aspects of perfusion, fluid diffusivity in the interstitium and the T1 and T2 signal of the PVS and WMH.
- Trial name
- I-CLEANED (NCT06432023)
- Testing
- Magnetic resonance imaging
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Eugenio Medea
Cerebral Palsy
Investigating New Methods to Study Movement in Children and Young Adults With Movement Disorders.
Background: Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common motor disorder that affects children. People with CP have weak muscles; they may have trouble controlling the movements of their arms and legs.
- Trial name
- NCT06498596
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)
Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome, ME/CFS
Unhide® Project: A Digital Health Platform to Collect Lifestyle Data for Brain Inflammation Research
The unhide® Project is a non-interventional, longitudinal research study designed to establish a secure data repository of demographic, health, and lifestyle information from individuals with brain inflammation and related…
- Conditions
- Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome, ME/CFS, Rheumatic Arthritis, Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis (JRA)
- Trial name
- NCT04806620
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brain Inflammation Collaborative
Physical Inactivity, Obesity, Childhood
Gamified Family-based Health Exercise Intervention to Improve Adherence to 24-h Movement Behaviors Recommendations in Children.
Physical inactivity is the fourth most important risk factor for mortality worldwide and it contributes to weight gain and obesity.
- Conditions
- Physical Inactivity, Obesity, Childhood, Sedentary Behavior
- Trial name
- Move On (NCT05741879)
- Testing
- Gamified exercise training, Standard Care
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad Pública de Navarra
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD
Monitoring Daily Mobility in Children With Autism
Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often show motor abnormalities and sleep disturbances that affect behavior, learning, and family quality of life.
- Trial name
- SIMBA (NCT07519369)
- Testing
- placement of a wearable wrist sensor
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRCCS San Raffaele Roma
Wilson's Disease, Myocardial Dysfunction
Subclinical Myocardial Dysfunction in Children With Wilson's Disease
Wilson's disease (WD) is one of the most common metabolic liver diseases in older children. The most frequent clinical presentation is liver disease. However, Wilson's disease (WD) is a multisystem disorder.
- Conditions
- Wilson's Disease, Myocardial Dysfunction, Children, Wilson Disease
- Trial name
- NCT07765472
- Testing
- Echocardiography, Electrocardiography, N-terminal pro b- type natriuretic peptide
- Where
- 2 sites in Egypt
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hebatullah Fawzy
Developmental Coordination Disorder
Rhythmic Motor Learning in Children With Developmental Coordination Disorders
The importance of play and physical activity include many benefits on positively improving health and well-being, enhancing children's and young people's thinking and performance in school, improving their sleep and enabling…
- Trial name
- EPIC2 (NCT03150784)
- Testing
- EPIC Club
- Where
- 5 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 87 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oxford Brookes University
Shoulder Injuries, Musculoskeletal Injury
Shoulder Instability in Children: Muscle Activity and Movement
The aim of this study is to identify factors responsible for recurrent shoulder instability in children. Shoulder instability, i.e.
- Conditions
- Shoulder Injuries, Musculoskeletal Injury, Pediatric ALL, Dislocation, Shoulder
- Trial name
- NCT04311216
- Testing
- 3D movement analysis with surface electromyography
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic and District NHS Trust
Overweight, Childhood, Obesity in Children
The Bloom Study - a Safe and Healthy Start in Life
The aim of the Bloom Study is to promote healthy weight development among infants through a home-based health promoting intervention implemented in the Danish setting of community health nurses.
- Trial name
- NCT06705400
- Testing
- Multi-behavioural
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 3,500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Southern Denmark
Cerebral Palsy
Motor Imagery Training in Children With Unilateral Cerebral Palsy
Motor imagery (MI) is a promising method to improve more cognitive aspects of motor behaviour, and may, thus, be effective for facilitating motor planning in children with Cerebral Palsy (CP).
- Trial name
- NCT03954808
- Testing
- Motor Imagery Training, Traditional physiotherapy
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 51 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Abant Izzet Baysal University
Tourette Syndrome
Behavioral Therapy for Children and Adolescents With Tourette Syndrome
Tourette Syndrome (TS) is a common neuropsychiatric disorder in childhood and adolescence, and often comorbid with psychiatric comorbidity.
- Trial name
- NCT03621059
- Testing
- habit reversal training (HRT)
- Volunteers
- 46 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Taipei Medical University
Healthy
Pregnancy 24/7 Offspring Study
There is growing evidence that maternal health and behaviors in pregnancy, such as pre-pregnancy obesity, excessive gestational weight gain, poor diet, smoking, and adverse pregnancy outcomes, are linked to fetal programming for…
- Trial name
- NCT07172880
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 800 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kara Whitaker