Kinesio Taping and Physiotherapeutic Exercises for Children With DCD

NCT ID: NCT04123912

Last Updated: 2019-10-11

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: UNKNOWN
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 20 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2020-01-01
• Study Completion Date: 2022-12-31

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

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

KT-FMPT group

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Kinesio Taping - Functional Movement Power Training

Intervention Type: 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.

Control group

Group Type: PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Jogging with placebo taping

Intervention Type: 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.

Interventions

Kinesio Taping - Functional Movement Power Training

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.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Jogging with placebo taping

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.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• 6- 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

Exclusion Criteria

• 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

• Minimum Eligible Age: 6 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 12 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

The University of Hong Kong

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Shirley S.M. Fong

Dr

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

University of Hong Kong

Hong Kong, , Hong Kong

Countries

Hong Kong

Other Identifiers

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Identifier Type: -

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