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Brief title
Health condition
Joint Coordination
Typically developing children
Variability
Sponsors and support
Intervention
Outcome measures
Primary outcome
UCM Values (GEV and NGEV)
Secondary outcome
Joint position data, Kinematics of the end-effector
Background summary
Being able to move the hand in space, either to a stationary target or a target of which the location has a certain degree of uncertainty is essential during daily life. Fundamental knowledge of how the skill of reaching develops during childhood is of primary importance. Most research has been on outcome measures of reaching tasks such as accuracy, thereby ignoring joint coordination bringing about that task performance. The nervous system has the ability to generate different joint angle combinations while keeping the end-effector movement unaffected. The Uncontrolled Manifold (UCM) method will be used to determine which part of the variability in joint coordination is goal-directed and which part leads away from the intended task performance, meaning the structure of variability in joint coordination is determined. The current study aims to determine age-related changes in variability in joint angles in children aged 5 to 10 years of age.
Study objective
Younger children
Intervention
no intervention will be applyed in this study
Laura Golenia
Groningen
The Netherlands
050-3632651
l.golenia@umcg.nl
Laura Golenia
Groningen
The Netherlands
050-3632651
l.golenia@umcg.nl
Inclusion criteria
In order to be eligible to participate in this study, a subject must meet all of the following criteria:
- Aged between 5 and 10 years
- Right handed
- Being able to follow the test instructions
- Parental consent
- normal or corrected to normal visual sight
Exclusion criteria
A potential subject who meets any of the following criteria will be excluded from participation in this study:
-Any upper extremity problems, in particular neurological diseases, recent injuries or musculoskeletal problems in the neck, shoulder, arm or hand regions
Design
Recruitment
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In other registers
| Register | ID |
|---|---|
| NTR-new | NL5666 |
| NTR-old | NTR5800 |
| Other | : ECB/2016.02.18_1 |