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Register: PACTR
Last refreshed on: 29 May 2023
Main ID:  PACTR201702002011168
Date of registration: 01/02/2017
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: International Academic Programmes Office University of Cape Town
Public title: Motor skills training in adolescents with low motor competence
Scientific title: The efficacy of motor skills training in adolescents with low motor competence in sub-urban areas of Accra.
Date of first enrolment: 06/02/2017
Target sample size: 70
Recruitment status: Pending
URL:  https://pactr.samrc.ac.za/TrialDisplay.aspx?TrialID=2011
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Parallel: different groups receive different interventions at same time during study,Randomised,Stratified allocation where factors such as age and gender are used in the stratification,Sealed opaque envelopes  
Phase:  Not Applicable
Countries of recruitment
Ghana
Contacts
Name: Bouwien    Smits-Engelsman
Address:  Obervatory NA Cape Town South Africa
Telephone: 0031 681273086
Email: bouwiensmits@hotmail.com
Affiliation:  Professor/University of Cape Town
Name: Emmanuel    Bonney
Address:  Korle Bu NA Accra Ghana
Telephone: +233 20 440 6549
Email: ebonney10@gmail.com
Affiliation:  PhD candidate/University of Cape Town
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Boys and girls aged 13-15 years attending junior high schools in selected schools within the Ablekuma South Metropolis.

Should have Movement Assessment Battery for Children second edition (MABC-2) score of either at or below the 16th percentile (DCD).

Should be willing to participate in the study.

Exclusion criteria: Adolescents with documented neurological conditions such as cerebral palsy, epilepsy, and stroke will be excluded.

Adolescents with physical impairments like fracture that could hinder participation in testing and intervention will also be excluded.


Age minimum: 11 Year(s)
Age maximum: 16 Year(s)
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Musculoskeletal Diseases

Musculoskeletal Diseases
Developmental coordination disorder
Developmental coordination disorder
Intervention(s)
Usual care
Neuromotor task training
Primary Outcome(s)
motor coordination
Secondary Outcome(s)
physical activity, fitness outcomes, self-efficacy, enjoyment of physical activity, participation,
Secondary ID(s)
Source(s) of Monetary Support
USHEPiA
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Status: Approved
Approval date: 31/01/2017
Contact:
The Ethical & Protocol Review Committee, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana
Results
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