Clinical trials: Motor Learning, open to volunteers
Teacher Self-efficacy for Teaching PE, Teacher PE Instruction
Evaluation of Aim to Play, a User-Friendly Digital Application for Teacher Skills Training and Physical Education Activities for 3-5 Grade Students
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the newly developed Pocket PE 3-5 app, designed for use by teachers of 3rd-, 4th-, and 5th-grade students.
- Conditions
- Teacher Self-efficacy for Teaching PE, Teacher PE Instruction, Student PE Enjoyment, Student Physical Activity
- Trial name
- AimToPlay3-5 (NCT07203313)
- Testing
- Digital PE teaching app
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,872 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Saavsus, Inc.
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS)
Intensity-Dependent Effects of 4-week Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Motor Learning in Healthy Young Adults
The goal of this clinical trial is to investigate the effects of different intensities of transcranial direct current stimulationover primary motor cortex on motor learning in healthy adults.
- Trial name
- NCT07089069
- Testing
- 3 mA transcranial direct current stimulation, 2 mA transcranial direct current stimulation, 1 mA transcranial direct current stimulation
- Volunteers
- 44 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Beijing Sport University
Parkinson Disease
Influence of Autonomy on Motor Learning in People With Parkinson's Disease
The goal of this clinical trial is to explore the benefits of autonomy supported learning in patients with Parkinson's disease. The main questions to answer are: Whether autonomy supported learning can benefit motor learning in…
- Trial name
- NCT05960331
- Testing
- Autonomy supported learning, Practice with predetermined feedback
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
Dietary Intakes, Physical Activity
Implementing Modified Practices to Leverage Evidence for Movement, Engagement, and Nutrition Topics in Early Childcare and Education
The goal of this cluster-randomized, controlled trial is to learn if a professional development program for childcare educators, called the Boston Healthy Child Care Initiative, can help improve the nutritional quality of…
- Conditions
- Dietary Intakes, Physical Activity, Child Care, Early Education
- Trial name
- IMPLEMENT (NCT07874295)
- Testing
- Boston Healthy Child Care Initiative
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 456 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)
Corticospinal Excitability, Cortical Activation
LAnguage-Motor Imagery Circuits to Improve Motor Learning and Language Comprehension
Recent evidence suggests that cognitive systems do not operate in isolation but interact within broader networks, thus opening new avenues for fundamental and clinical research.
- Trial name
- LAMI (NCT06478303)
- Testing
- Motor imagery, Action reading, Motor localizer
- Where
- 2 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 105 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Grenoble
Typical Development
Promoting Motor Development in Infants and Toddlers Through Education and Early Detection
The "Little Movers" study promotes healthy motor development in early childhood by providing education to caregivers and professionals in the child's environment and by implementing early detection strategies for motor delays.
- Trial name
- Little-Movers (NCT07091474)
- Testing
- Educational Workshops for Parents and Early Educators, Motor Development Assessment in Children 0-36 Months
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Castilla-La Mancha
Child Development, Motor Skills
Motor-Focused Exercise and Brain Development in Preschool Children
This study will test whether a structured motor-focused exercise program can improve both brain function and gross motor skills in preschool children.
- Conditions
- Child Development, Motor Skills, Neurodevelopment, Brain Function
- Trial name
- MoBraD (NCT07307742)
- Testing
- Motor-Focused Physical Education, Ordinary Physical Education
- Volunteers
- 110 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hunan Normal University
Creativity, Executive Function (Cognition)
Active Breaks and Executive Function in Scholars
This study aims to examine whether short bouts of exercise (10 minutes) performed during the school day can improve thinking skills, creativity and emotional wellbeing in primary school children.
- Conditions
- Creativity, Executive Function (Cognition), Psychological Wellbeing
- Trial name
- ACTISTOP (NCT07538453)
- Testing
- Active Break
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 114 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitat Jaume I
Speech
Speech Motor Learning and Retention (Aim 1)
The overall goal of this research is to test a new model of speech motor learning, whose central hypothesis is that learning and retention are associated with plasticity not only in motor areas of the brain but in auditory and…
- Trial name
- NCT06467305
- Testing
- continuous theta-burst stimulation (cTBS), Adaptation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 160 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Parkinson's Disease (PD), Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and Related Disorders
Moving Yourself in Space and Time: MYSTIC
This study is being done to answer the question: Do people with Parkinson's benefit from a new stepping therapy, and how do people with Parkinson's best learn new steps and rhythms set to music? Researchers will also compare…
- Conditions
- Parkinson's Disease (PD), Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and Related Disorders, Older Adults (60 - 85 Years Old)
- Trial name
- MYSTIC (NCT07697664)
- Testing
- Complex Rhythmic Movement Sequences (CRMS) Sessions
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 210 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Developmental Language Disorder
Exercise Training in Children With Communication Impairments
This clinical trial study has two goals. The first goal is to establish fitness levels, participation in physical activities, and fine/gross motor abilities for children with development language disorder (DLD).
- Trial name
- NCT06340893
- Testing
- Exercise, Restful Play
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Marquette University
Stroke, Acute
Exploring Motor Learning in Acute Stroke Through Robotics
The acute phase of stroke is characterized by an enhancement of neural plasticity which supports rapid motor recovery. It is unclear whether acute stroke patients can acquire new motor skills with their affected upper limb.
- Trial name
- NCT04171856
- Testing
- REAplan(R)
- Where
- 2 sites in Belgium
- Volunteers
- 245 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital of Mont-Godinne
Healthy Adults
The Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Combined With Resistance Training on Motor Learning in Healthy Young Adults
This study aimed to investigate whether six weeks of tDCS combined with lower-limb resistance training could enhance motor learning in healthy young adults and examined the persistence of any observed benefits.
- Trial name
- NCT07092098
- Testing
- tDCS combined with resistance training, Resistance training, tDCS
- Volunteers
- 56 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Beijing Sport University
Stroke, Acute, Stroke, Subacute
Bimanual Motor Skill Learning in Acute Stroke
The subacute phase of stroke provides a window into how a lesion perturbs sensorimotor functions prior to reorganisation driven by plasticity and neurorehabilitation.
- Trial name
- MLAS4 (NCT05760846)
- Testing
- REAplan®, Dextrain Manipulandum®
- Where
- 2 sites in Belgium
- Volunteers
- 160 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital of Mont-Godinne
Cortical Excitability, Primary Motor Cortex
rTMS Induced Reduction in M1 Excitability
When learning a new skill, much of the improvement comes from small alterations the brain makes with each repetition during practice, but this isn't the only time that improvements are made during the learning process.
- Conditions
- Cortical Excitability, Primary Motor Cortex, Motor Skills
- Trial name
- NCT07588113
- Testing
- rTMS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Indiana University
Physical Activities, Sedentary Lifestyle
Logotherapy-Based Online Education to Improve Physical Activity in Sedentary Workers
Insufficient physical activity (PA) among individuals with sedentary occupations is associated with an increased risk of chronic disease and reduced health-related quality of life.
- Conditions
- Physical Activities, Sedentary Lifestyle, Quality of Life, Meaning of Life
- Trial name
- LOGO-PA RCT (NCT07582055)
- Testing
- Logotherapy-Based Online Education Program
- Where
- Croatia
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Zagreb
Cerebral Palsy (CP), Spasticity
Predictors of Motor İmagery Performance in Cerebral Palsy
There are very few studies in the literature examining the effect of age on motor imagery ability in children with cerebral palsy. To our knowledge, no studies have investigated the impact of other related factors.
- Conditions
- Cerebral Palsy (CP), Spasticity, Motor Learning
- Trial name
- NCT07002567
- Testing
- Implicit motor imagery, Explicit motor imagery
- Where
- 3 sites in Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 54 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Abant Izzet Baysal University
Physical Inactivity in Early Childhood and Care, Delayed Fundamental Motor Skill Development
Active Fundament - Fundamentally Better
The objective of this longitudinal, quasi-experimental study is to improve children's fundamental motor skills and physical activity levels.
- Conditions
- Physical Inactivity in Early Childhood and Care, Delayed Fundamental Motor Skill Development, Early Childhood & Care Physical Activity Behavior, Motor Development in Children Aged 2-6 Years
- Trial name
- AF (NCT07315009)
- Testing
- Actief Fundament
- Where
- 3 sites in Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fontys University of Applied Sciences
Healthy Individuals (Controls), Parkinson Disease
Motor Learning in Health and Movement Disorders: Role of Physical Activity and Advanced Devices
The goal of this clinical trial is to investigate motor responses in healthy subjects and patients with movement disorders, brain and spinal cord injury, neuromuscular diseases, or cardiovascular diseases.
- Conditions
- Healthy Individuals (Controls), Parkinson Disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Alzheimer Disease
- Trial name
- Allena-mente (NCT07066137)
- Testing
- CAREN, Control group
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino Pulejo
Developmental Dyslexia
Immediate Effects of Active Prisms on Reading Automaticity and Motor Control in Young Adults With Developmental Dyslexia
Developmental dyslexia is associated with persistent difficulties in reading automaticity. AUTO-DYS investigates whether a single, brief intervention using active prisms changes the complexity of nonlinear movement dynamics and…
- Trial name
- AUTO-DYS (NCT07868367)
- Testing
- Individually Selected Active Prisms.
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 66 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Lille University