Dance class as medicine? study tests if grooving helps kids with disabilities
NCT ID NCT07166055
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This study will test whether eight months of therapeutic dance classes (two one-hour sessions per week) can improve movement, daily activities, and quality of life in children aged 3-14 with motor impairments. Researchers will compare the dance group to children who receive no intervention. The goal is to see if dance can be a fun, effective way to help these children function better at school and home.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- therapeutic dance
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a fun, school-based activity to help children with disabilities move better and feel more involved in daily life.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small early-stage trial with only 30 children, so results may not apply to everyone. The benefits of dance may be modest and hard to measure.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 30 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Sep 2025
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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3 to 14 years
- 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: * children with motor impairment * aged between 3-14 years, * who can cognitively follow simple tasks Exclusion Criteria: * having suffered a serious clinical condition or surgical intervention in the last 6 months.
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Locations
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University of Valencia
RECRUITINGValencia, 46010, Spain
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