Kinesio Taping and Physiotherapeutic Exercises for Children With DCD

NCT04123912 | Unknown DMC

• 1 other identifier: 0001
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 20
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Aim: To investigate the effectiveness of a novel elastic taping-augmented functional movement power training (KT-FMPT) program in improving leg muscular performance, body balance, motor proficiency and functional independence in children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD). Methodology: In this clinical trial, twenty children with DCD (aged 6-12) will be randomly assigned to either a KT-FMPT group or a placebo control group. Children in the KT-FMPT and control groups will receive elastic taping-augmented FMPT and general jogging exercise with non-elastic taping, respectively, for 12 weeks (2 hours/week). Major outcome measures: body balance and leg muscle activity will be measured via muscle sensors along with a force platform. Secondary outcome measures: leg muscle strength, motor proficiency and functional independence will be assessed by a digital dynamometer, the Movement Assessment Battery for Children-2 and Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory, respectively (before- and after-intervention measurements). Significance: The KT-FMPT group is predicted to display much better muscular and motor performances than the control group. This novel training program can be readily adopted in clinical, school, or home settings to improve functional independence in children with DCD, an outcome with positive socioeconomic implications. Moreover, study findings will inspire future research work in children with other childhood-onset disabilities.

Conditions

Developmental Coordination Disorder

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Change in leg muscle electromyographic activation onset latency time (in ms)

  Electromyographic activation onset of leg muscles

  0 and 3 months

• Change in centre of pressure movement pathway in standing (in mm/cm)

  Centre of pressure movement pathway in standing

  0 and 3 months

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Change in lower-extremity maximum isometric muscle strength (in kg/N)

  0 and 3 months

• Change in Movement Assessment Battery for Children-2 percentile score

  0 and 3 months

• Change in Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory score

  0 and 3 months

Study Arms (2)

KT-FMPT group

EXPERIMENTAL

Behavioral: Kinesio Taping - Functional Movement Power Training

Control group

PLACEBO COMPARATOR

Behavioral: Jogging with placebo taping

Interventions

Kinesio Taping - Functional Movement Power Training BEHAVIORAL

Subjects assigned to the Kinesio Taping - Functional Movement Power Training (KT-FMPT) group will receive FMPT concurrent with KT. The FMPT protocol was developed by the research team with reference to common physiotherapeutic exercises for children with motor disabilities.9 It comprises 5 functional movement exercises and 6 lower-limb power/resistance training exercises using weights or resistance bands.

KT-FMPT group

Jogging with placebo taping BEHAVIORAL

Subjects assigned to the control group will receive no FMPT or KT, but participate in a jogging intervention with placebo tape applied on their calf muscles and removed after the intervention.

Control group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 6 Years - 12 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• to 12-years-old
• classified as DCD according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders V
• score \< 5th percentile on the Movement Assessment Battery for Children, 2nd edition (MABC-2)
• total score \< 46 on the DCD questionnaire (2007)
• attending a mainstream primary school with intelligence level within the normal range
• no KT or FMPT experience

You may not qualify if:

• any known congenital, cognitive, psychiatric, neurological, sensorimotor, musculoskeletal or cardiopulmonary disorder that may affect test performance
• receiving active rehabilitation treatment
• demonstrating excessive disruptive behaviour
• unable to follow instructions

Sponsors & Collaborators

• The University of Hong Kong: lead

Study Sites (1)

University of Hong Kong

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Motor Skills Disorders

Interventions

Jogging

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Neurodevelopmental Disorders; Mental Disorders

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Running; Locomotion; Movement; Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena; Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena; Exercise; Motor Activity

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Dr

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 8, 2019
• First Posted: October 11, 2019
• Study Start: January 1, 2020
• Primary Completion: December 31, 2021
• Study Completion: December 31, 2022
• Last Updated: October 11, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-10

Locations

HK (1)