Developmental Coordination Disorder

Launched by HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON · Dec 10, 2021

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ClinConnect Summary

This clinical trial is studying Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD), a condition that affects how children and adults control their movements. People with DCD may appear clumsy or have difficulty with everyday tasks, like buttoning a shirt, due to challenges in coordinating their movements. Researchers want to learn more about how sensory systems, like touch and body awareness, might be involved in DCD. By understanding these factors, they hope to improve therapies and support for those living with this condition.

The trial is currently recruiting participants aged 9 to 11 and 18 to 40, including both children and adults with DCD, as well as healthy volunteers. To join, individuals with DCD must meet specific diagnostic criteria, while healthy volunteers should not have a family history of the disorder. Participants will undergo assessments to evaluate their movement, sensory abilities, and how their brain updates their understanding of body movement. This research could lead to better treatment options and help improve the quality of life for many people affected by DCD.

Gender

ALL

Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Male or female
• • Aged 9 to 11 or 18 to 40
• • Affiliated to a health care organism
• • Signed written informed consent (adult subjects)
• • One of the legal guardians of children subjects providing their free, informed and written consent to participate in the study; With the child also giving orally his consent to participate.
• For participants with Developmental coordination disorder:
• • Subjects fulfilling the diagnostic criteria for dyspraxia of DSM-5 (these criteria will be verified by the principal investigator)
• • Total MABC-2 score below the 15th percentile (if this MABC-2 assessment is already available).
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Prematurity
• • Known neurological pathology (other than dyspraxia)
• • Intellectual disability
• • Visual impairment
• • Surgery or trauma to the upper limbs that has occurred too recently to allow proper testing
• • Subject under tutorship or curatorship
• • Subject deprived of liberty by a judicial or administrative decision
• For healthy volunteers only:
• • - History of developmental coordination disorder in close relatives (parents, children, siblings).