Could clumsiness be a sensory problem? new study investigates
NCT ID NCT05154799
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at how children and adults with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) sense touch and body position, and how they update their body image when using tools. Researchers will compare 280 participants with and without DCD to see if sensory deficits explain motor difficulties. The goal is to better understand the causes of DCD to improve future treatments.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this study could reveal the root causes of motor difficulties in DCD, leading to better therapies and improved daily functioning for those affected.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial. It may not directly lead to new interventions, and results may not apply to all individuals with DCD.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- 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 280 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Dec 2021
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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.
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9 to 40 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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Inclusion Criteria: * Male or female * Aged 9 to 11 or 18 to 40 * Affiliated to a health care organism * Signed written informed consent (adult subjects) * One of the legal guardians of children subjects providing their free, informed and written consent to participate in the study; With the child also giving orally his consent to participate. For participants with Developmental coordination disorder: * Subjects fulfilling the diagnostic criteria for dyspraxia of DSM-5 (these criteria will be verified by the principal investigator) * Total MABC-2 score below the 15th percentile (if this MABC-2 assessment is already available). Exclusion Criteria: * Prematurity * Known neurological pathology (other than dyspraxia) * Intellectual disability * Visual impairment * Surgery or trauma to the upper limbs that has occurred too recently to allow proper testing * Subject under tutorship or curatorship * Subject deprived of liberty by a judicial or administrative decision For healthy volunteers only: \- History of developmental coordination disorder in close relatives (parents, children, siblings).
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Equipe IMPACT du CRNL INSERM U1028, CNRS UMR 5292
RECRUITINGBron, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, 69676, France
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