Clinical trials: Motor Skill Learning
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Asperger Syndrome
Effects of a Multimodal Exercise Program for Children With ASD
Exploring the effects of an exercise program for children ages 6 -26 years old who have been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder and neurotypical children respond to high-intensity whole body exercise interventions (Group 1)…
- Trial name
- NCT05509231
- Testing
- High-intensity exercise, Wearable glove and arm sleeve device to measure movement
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- New York Institute of Technology
Cerebral Palsy
Implementation of a HABIT-ILE Intervention at Home for Children With Bilateral Cerebral Palsy
Intensive interventions based on the principles of motor skill learning, like Hand-Arm Bimanual Therapy Including Lower Extremities (HABIT-ILE), have demonstrated excellent effectiveness in improving motor function and daily life…
- Trial name
- HABITILEhome (NCT05740605)
- Testing
- Hand-Arm Bimanual Intensive Therapy Including Lower Extremities (HABIT-ILE), Hand-Arm Bimanual Intensive Therapy Including Lower Extremities at home, Follow-up Hand-Arm Bimanual Intensive Therapy Including Lower Extremities
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 48 people
- Sponsor
- Université Catholique de Louvain
Stroke, Acute
Exploring Motor Learning in Acute Stroke Through Robotics
The acute phase of stroke is characterized by an enhancement of neural plasticity which supports rapid motor recovery. It is unclear whether acute stroke patients can acquire new motor skills with their affected upper limb.
- Trial name
- NCT04171856
- Testing
- REAplan(R)
- Where
- 2 sites in Belgium
- Volunteers
- 245 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital of Mont-Godinne
Developmental Coordination Disorder
Rhythmic Motor Learning in Children With Developmental Coordination Disorders
The importance of play and physical activity include many benefits on positively improving health and well-being, enhancing children's and young people's thinking and performance in school, improving their sleep and enabling…
- Trial name
- EPIC2 (NCT03150784)
- Testing
- EPIC Club
- Where
- 5 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 87 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oxford Brookes University
Specific Learning Disability, Specific Learning Disorder
HAND FUNCTIONS OF CHILDREN WITH A SPECIFIC LEARNING DISORDER
Children with Specific Learning Difficulties (SLD) may have problems with fine and gross motor skills compared to their healthy peers. These children may have poor manual dexterity.
- Conditions
- Specific Learning Disability, Specific Learning Disorder, Fine Motor Skills, Hand Functions
- Trial name
- NCT05319197
- Testing
- No Interventions
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kutahya Health Sciences University
Cerebral Palsy
Changes in Everydaylife Activity of Children With CP During HABIT-ILE
Studying in a RCT the changes in everyday llife activities of children with CP during HABIT-ILE or control period, changes being scored by parents and by experts.
- Trial name
- change_CP (NCT02667613)
- Testing
- HABIT-ILE, Control
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Université Catholique de Louvain
Motor Skill Learning
Effects of Action Observation and Motor Imagery on PNF Skill Learning in Physiotherapy Students
his randomized controlled trial aims to investigate the effects of action observation and motor imagery on short- and long-term learning of Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF) skills, perceived mental fatigue, and…
- Trial name
- NCT07873515
- Testing
- Motor Imagery Practice, Action Observation Practice, Conventional PNF Practice
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Antalya Bilim University
Cortical Excitability, Primary Motor Cortex
rTMS Induced Reduction in M1 Excitability
When learning a new skill, much of the improvement comes from small alterations the brain makes with each repetition during practice, but this isn't the only time that improvements are made during the learning process.
- Conditions
- Cortical Excitability, Primary Motor Cortex, Motor Skills
- Trial name
- NCT07588113
- Testing
- rTMS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Indiana University
Tennis Motor Skill Learning
Attentional Focus and Feedback Timing in Children's Tennis Skill Learning
This study evaluated how different attentional focus instructions and feedback timing affect tennis motor skill learning in children aged 9 to 12 years.
- Trial name
- NCT07822035
- Testing
- Distal External Attentional Focus, Proximal External Attentional Focus, Internal Attentional Focus
- Where
- 4 sites in China
- Volunteers
- 160 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Guangzhou University
Motor Skills, Physical Fitness
The Effect of Movement Education on Fundamental Biomotor Skills in Children Aged 6-9
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if movement training improves speed, jumping ability, and flexibility in children aged 6 to 9.
- Conditions
- Motor Skills, Physical Fitness, Child Development
- Trial name
- NCT07801118
- Testing
- Movement Education Program
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istanbul Gelisim University
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
Neuromotor Task Training in Autistic Children With Motor Difficulties
The goal of this clinical study is to learn whether Neuromotor Task Training (NTT) may help improve functional motor skills in autistic children who have motor difficulties.
- Trial name
- NTT-SCED (NCT07797439)
- Testing
- Neuromotor Task Training
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- Groupe Hospitalier Nord-Essonne
Multiple Sclerosis
Brain and Behavioral Influences on Motor Skill Learning in Multiple Sclerosis
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is characterized by episodic attacks in which there are sharp declines in physical function. Although neurorehabilitation is the most promising clinical strategy for motor recovery in patients with MS…
- Trial name
- NCT03404388
- Testing
- Balance Training
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- Wayne State University
Physical Activity
Training Early Childhood Educators to Increase Children's Physical Activity: The TEACH-Preschooler Study
This study aims to determine the effect of delivering a physical activity e-learning course to early childhood educators on young children's physical activity and sedentary behaviour while at childcare.
- Trial name
- NCT05359536
- Testing
- Training Early Childhood educators in PA
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 145 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Western University, Canada
Stroke
The Beneficial Effects of Naps on Motor Learning
Background: Memory consolidation is the process by which memories become stable, long-term representations in the brain. Consolidation of a motor skill is dependent upon sleep.
- Trial name
- NCT04312126
- Testing
- MRI system, MEG system
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 199 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Motor Performance, Motor Learning
Rewarding Feedback in Motor Learning and Rehabilitation
The effect of rewarding vs. non-rewarding feedback on acquisition of a motor skill is investigated in a single blinded parallel group design.
- Trial name
- KFSP-REWARD (NCT02189564)
- Testing
- Feedback about good performance, Feedback about good performance + money, Feedback about average performance
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kai Lutz, PhD
Stuttering, Developmental, Dyslexia
Investigating Individual Differences in Speech Motor Skills in Neurotypical Speakers and Persons With Disordered Speech
This study aims to understand how people use different types of feedback to control their speech. When an individual speaks, the brain relies on several systems at the same time, such as sensory systems that monitor an…
- Conditions
- Stuttering, Developmental, Dyslexia, Healthy Participants
- Trial name
- NCT07459803
- Testing
- Unpredictable auditory feedback perturbation: 2 behavioral sessions, Unpredictable auditory feedback perturbation during tCS: 3 behavioral sessions, Sustained F1 auditory feedback perturbation
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston University Charles River Campus
Motor Learning
How Many Days Would You Want to Practice a Skill to Achieve it?
Practice is required to improve your shot in basketball or to play a musical instrument. The learning of these motor skills can be further enhanced by non-invasively stimulating regions of the brain that control movements with…
- Trial name
- NCT03249961
- Testing
- Anodal TDCS, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 27 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Chronic Cerebellar Stroke, Healthy Individuals (Controls)
Bimanual Motor Skill Learning Through Robotics in Chronic Cerebellar Stroke Survivors and Healthy Individuals
To test capacity of chronic cerebellar stroke patients and healthy individuals to learn and retain a complex bimanual motor skill, trained on the neurorehabilitation robot REAplan® (bimanual version).
- Trial name
- NCT04642599
- Testing
- Bimanual motor skill learning with the REAplan® rehabilitation robot
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital of Mont-Godinne
Cerebral Palsy
Association of a HABIT-ILE Course and a Home Programme on the Bimanual Performance of Children With Cerebral Palsy
This non-inferiority, mixed-methods, multicentre randomised controlled trial will compare the effects of functional changes and families' resources at 3 months of the PARTNER programme (35h HABIT-ILE + 15h home programme) with…
- Trial name
- PARTNERSHIP (NCT06963151)
- Testing
- Behavioral: Hand-Arm Bimanual Intensive Therapy Including Lower Extremities
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 66 people
- Sponsor
- Fondation Ildys
Cerebral Palsy, Bilateral Cerebral Palsy
Effects of HABIT-ILE in Adults with Bilateral Cerebral Palsy
This randomized controlled trial (RCT) aims to evaluate the effects of intensive Hand and Arm Bimanual Intensive Therapy Including Lower Extremities (HABIT-ILE) in improving body structure, function, daily activities, and…
- Trial name
- NCT06767930
- Testing
- Hand and Arm Bimanual Intensive Therapy Including Lower Extremities, Conventional intervention
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Université Catholique de Louvain