Better Understand Motor Deficits Associated With Autism Spectrum Disorders: Development of an Assessment Protocol

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age6-11
SponsorCentre Hospitalier Charles Perrens, Bordeaux

About this trial

This research is a case-control study aiming to characterize motor peculiarities (objective quantitative and qualitative measures) and its psycho-physiological correlates of children with ASD.

Eligibility criteria

This trial accepts healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Be between 6 and 11 years old

Mastery of the French language

Be affiliated with a Social Security scheme or benefit from affiliation by a third person

Both parents (or the holder of legal authority) have read, understood and signed the study consent

Disqualifiers

Refusal to participate in the research on the part of the participant and / or holders of parental authority.

Be a person benefiting from enhanced protection, namely : persons deprived of their liberty by a judicial or administrative decision, persons staying in a health or social establishment.

Have uncorrected visual or hearing problems

To have concomitant psychotropic drug treatments not stabilized, initiated in the last 2 months: antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, anti-epileptics, psychostimulants, antidepressants.

Trial design

Design model

Single group

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Testing of general motor skills, fine motor skills and occulomotricity

    Behavioral

    Recording of participant's performance during eye, fine motor and gross motor tests; Children's gross motor skills will be assessed through a biomechanical analysis. Eye movements will be recorded using the eye-tracking system (Tobii Pro TX300). The technique used is the corneal reflection technique.

  • Questionnaires

    Behavioral

    Passing self and hetero questionnaires.

Treatment groups

110 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group
Group A: EpidemiologyOther 2 interventions

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Measurement performance of fine motor skills (graphics, pointing task)

Jointly and in an automated and standardized manner, measure performance in the context of tasks measuring the performance and patterns of general motor skills (postures, walking, overall coordination), fine motor skills (graphics, pointing task) and oculomotricity (visual orientation and control).

Time frame
At 3 month
2

Measurement performance of general motor skills with biomechanical analysis

Jointly and in an automated and standardized manner, measure motor patterns in the context of tasks measuring the performance and patterns of general motor skills (postures, walking, overall coordination), fine motor skills (graphics, pointing task) and oculomotricity (visual orientation and control).

Time frame
At 3 month
3

Measurement of oculomotricity with eye-tracking system (visual orientation and control)

Jointly and in an automated and standardized manner, motor patterns in the context of tasks measuring the performance and patterns of general motor skills (postures, walking, overall coordination), fine motor skills (graphics, pointing task) and oculomotricity (visual orientation and control).

Time frame
At 3 month

Secondary outcomes

1

Motor performance : success, error rate (%)

Time frame
At visit 1 and visit 2, an average of 3 months
2

Motor performance : task duration (ms), reaction time (ms) and latency (ms)

Time frame
At visit 1 and visit 2, an average of 3 months
3

IQ as assessed using WISC IV

Time frame
At visit 1 and visit 2, an average of 3 months
4

Score of socio-communicative skills as assessed using Social Responsiveness Scale

Social Responsiveness Scale : Min = 30, Max=90 Higher scores mean a worse outcome

Time frame
At visit 1 and visit 2, an average of 3 months

Other outcomes

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