Single and Dual Task Gait Parameters in Children With Specific Learning Difficulties

NCT04783987 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: 2020/333
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 50
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Children with spesific learning disorders have differences in motor and cognitive abilities compared to normal developing children. Motor tasks as walking are not just have a motor components and also require a cognitive process to realize. Therefore cognitive abilities may effect motor performance. In daily life, individuals perform dual or multitasks instead of single tasks naturally. Dual task is defined as the concurrent performance of two tasks that can be performed independently. Also dual tasks may be created from different tasks combinations such as a motor-motor dual task or motor-cognitive dual task. Therefore, aim of the study is to compare gait parameters with healthy controls in single and dual task conditions in children with Special Learning Difficulties.

Conditions

Specific Learning Disorder; Gait

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Gait speed

  The time it takes to walk a specified distance

  15 minutes

• Cadance

  number of steps per minute

  15 minutes

• Strength length

  It is the distance between points where the same heel touches the ground twice in a row.

  15 minutes

Study Arms (2)

Healthy Control Group

Walking Assessments will be practised under dual and single task conditions.

Other: Walking asessments

Case Group

Walking Assessments will be practised under dual and single task conditions.

Other: Walking asessments

Interventions

Walking asessments OTHER

Gait parameters will be evaluated in single and dual task conditions with 10 Meter Walk Test and wireless digital miniature portable walking and movement analyzer.

Also known as: 10 meter walking Test

Case Group; Healthy Control Group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 6 Years - 17 Years
• Sex: all
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

The case group of children between the ages of 6-17 who has been diagnosed with Specific Learning Difficulty and who attends the Specific Learning Difficulty Support Education Program of the Ministry of National Education regularly twice a week; It is planned that a healthy children between the ages of 6-17 will form the control group.

You may qualify if:

• Case Group
• To be in the age range of 6-17
• To have a diagnosis of special learning disability Control Group
• To be in the age range of 6-17
• To be physically, mentally and psychologically healthy

You may not qualify if:

• Any acute or chronic orthopedic or neurological disease that may affect walking performance,
• Any surgery within the last 6 months,
• A hearing impairment that cannot be corrected with a hearing aid
• A visual impairment that cannot be corrected with glasses.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Afyonkarahisar Health Sciences University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Afyonkarahisar Health Science University

Afyonkarahisar, 03030, Turkey (Türkiye)

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Specific Learning Disorder

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Learning Disabilities; Communication Disorders; Neurobehavioral Manifestations; Neurologic Manifestations; Nervous System Diseases; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Neurodevelopmental Disorders; Mental Disorders

Study Officials

• Emel TAŞVURAN HORATA, PhD

  Afyonkarahisar Health Science University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

EMEL TAŞVURAN HORATA, PhD

CONTACT

05547759663; ethorata@gmail.com

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: CASE CONTROL
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: PhD; Assistant Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 2, 2021
• First Posted: March 5, 2021
• Study Start: February 1, 2021
• Primary Completion: August 1, 2022
• Study Completion: August 1, 2022
• Last Updated: January 25, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-01

Locations

TU (1)