Active Video Games in Children With DCD

ZEYNEP KOLİT70 enrolled

Overview

Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) is a condition that affects a child's ability to perform coordinated motor activities and may also impact visual perception and motor planning skills. Children with DCD often experience difficulties in daily activities, school tasks, and participation in play and sports. The purpose of this randomized controlled trial is to investigate whether adding active video game-based training to a conventional occupational therapy program improves visual perception and visual praxis in children with DCD. Participants will be randomly assigned to either an intervention group receiving active video game-based training in addition to conventional occupational therapy or a control group receiving conventional occupational therapy alone. The intervention will be delivered twice weekly for 8 weeks. The findings of this study may help determine whether active video game-based interventions are an effective and engaging approach for improving visual-perceptual and visual-motor planning skills in children with DCD.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Development Coordination Disorder

Interventions

Participants will receive active video game-based training using Nintendo Wii Fit Plus in addition to conventional occupational therapy. The program will be delivered twice weekly for 8 weeks (16 sessions total), with each session lasting approximately 45-60 minutes. The intervention includes balance, aerobic, strengthening, and yoga-based interactive games designed to promote visual-perceptual, motor planning, and motor coordination skills in children with Developmental Coordination Disorder.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 5 YearsMax age: 8 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Diagnosis of Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) according to DSM-5 criteria * Aged between 5 years and 8 years 11 months * Able to understand and follow test instructions * Willing to participate in the study * Parent or legal guardian able to provide informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Presence of any other neurodevelopmental or neurological disorder * Visual or hearing impairment that may interfere with the assessment procedures * Orthopedic conditions preventing participation in active video game activities * Attention or behavioral problems that may interfere with treatment compliance * Receipt of any sensory-motor therapy within the previous 3 months

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Visual Perception

Visual perception will be assessed using the Motor-Free Visual Perception Test-3 (MVPT-3). Higher scores indicate better visual perceptual performance.

Time frame: Baseline and immediately after the 8-week intervention

Visual Praxis

Visual praxis will be assessed using the Constructional Praxis subtest of the Sensory Integration and Praxis Tests (SIPT). Higher scores indicate better visual praxis performance.