Catching skills in preschool boys with motor difficulties

Is this trial a fit for you?

A plain-English reading of the study's rules. Only the study team can confirm whether you qualify.

What this trial studies

Researchers will compare 60 boys aged 4.0–7.0 who are typically developing or at risk for Developmental Coordination Disorder using a cross-sectional experimental design. Children perform a bimanual interception task that requires stopping a foam pendulum moving horizontally along a rod under two time constraints while upper limb kinematics and center of pressure (COP) displacement are recorded. The task measures both predictive mechanisms (anticipatory postural adjustments) and online feedback corrections during a time-sensitive catching action. The project is conducted at the Faculty of Sports Studies, Masaryk University, in cooperation with the Lentilka integration and rehabilitation center in Pardubice, Czech Republic.

Why it matters

Who can join: the full rules

Inclusion Criteria:

* Age between 4.0 and 7.0 years (preschool age)
* Male sex
* Motor performance within the defined inclusion range based on the Movement Assessment Battery for Children - 2nd Edition (MABC-2)
* Typically developing children (as assessed by educators or therapists), or
* Children identified as having motor coordination difficulties

Exclusion Criteria:

* Children with intellectual disability
* autism spectrum disorder
* uncorrected vision impairment
* hearing loss
* neurological or psychiatric conditions, behavioral disorders, or orthopedic limitations will be excluded.

Where it's running

• Lentilka - integrated kindergarden and rehabilitation center
  Pardubice, Česká Republika, Czechia Recruiting

Study contacts

• Study coordinator: Lukáš Teply, Master degree
• Email: l.teply@seznam.cz
• Phone: +420776845807

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How to take part

1. Review the eligibility criteria above with your treating physician.
2. Check the official listing on ClinicalTrials.gov for the latest contact details and recruitment status.
3. Contact the study coordinator or principal investigator to ask for pre-screening. Pre-screening is free and never obligates you to enroll.