Can experts agree on how to measure sports participation in child amputees?
NCT ID NCT07782645
First seen Aug 24, 2026 · Last updated Aug 25, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study aims to validate the content of a questionnaire called VESAQ, designed to assess sports participation in children with limb amputation. A panel of experts—including doctors, therapists, and prosthetists—will use a three-round Delphi method to rate each question for relevance and clarity. The goal is to reach consensus and produce a final, refined version of the questionnaire for future use.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Three-round Delphi process to validate the VESAQ questionnaire
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a reliable tool to measure and improve sports participation in children with limb amputation.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, expert-opinion study, not a clinical treatment trial. The questionnaire's real-world usefulness in children remains untested.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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26 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Sep 2025
- Finished
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Apr 2026
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Adult experts with professional or experiential expertise relevant to pediatric limb amputation, rehabilitation, prosthetic management, and adapted physical activity. Participants were recruited to form a multidisciplinary expert panel for the content validation of the VESAQ questionnaire using a three-round Delphi process.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Healthcare professionals or other specialists involved in the care or support of children with limb amputation, including physical and rehabilitation medicine physicians, physiotherapists, prosthetists and orthotists, occupational therapists, adapted physical activity professionals, and sports educators. * Patient experts. * At least one year of experience in the field of pediatrics, limb amputation, and/or prosthetic management. * Willingness to participate in the Delphi process and to provide informed consent and agree to confidentiality requirements Exclusion Criteria: * Refusal or withdrawal of consent for the use of study data. * Non-participation in the Delphi rounds or prolonged disengagement from the Delphi process. * Conflict of interest related to the validation of the questionnaire, including authorship of the VESAQ or commercial involvement. * Minors. * Individuals under legal protection or unable to provide informed consent.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hôpitaux Paris Est Val-de-Marne - Centre de Référence des Malformations des Membres
Saint-Maurice, Demande, 94410, France