Taping for Children With and Without Movement Clumsiness

The University of Hong Kong (HKU)

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Developmental Coordination Disorder

Treatments: Other: K tape

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02945124

EA1512037

Details and patient eligibility

About

To investigate the effects of K Tape on walking pattern, muscle activity and motor performance in children with and without developmental coordination disorder (DCD).

Enrollment: 200 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 6 to 9 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Children with DCD and typically developing children will need to score <16 percentile and >25 percentile, respectively, on MABC-2
• Study in mainstream schools
• No intellectual disabilities

Exclusion criteria

• Subjects who are receiving regular treatments
• Demonstrate excessive disruptive behaviour
• Unable to follow instructions
• Any diagnosis of neurological, musculoskeletal or cognitive disorder that affects test performance

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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200 participants in 4 patient groups

Normal children with K Tape

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: K tape

Normal children without K Tape

No Intervention group

DCD with K Tape

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: K tape

DCD without K Tape

No Intervention group