NCT07369609Not yet recruiting
Factors Influencing Physical Activity Levels in Children With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: An ICF-CY-Based Study
Investigation of Factors Affecting Physical Activity Level in Children With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Based on the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health - Child and Youth Version
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 29 Jan 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) is a neuromuscular disease characterized not only by progressive muscle weakness but also by cognitive, behavioral, and psychosocial impairments. Motor losses that occur during disease progression reduce physical activity levels in children and increase the risk of developing a sedentary lifestyle. Interventions aimed at maintaining or promoting physical activity in children with DMD are important for preventing secondary complications associated with disuse and physical inactivity. To develop effective interventions, there is a need for comprehensive knowledge regarding the factors that influence physical activity levels. Current literature indicates that, in typically developing children, physical activity levels are influenced not only by motor factors but also by cognitive status, sleep, behavioral characteristics, and family-related environmental and psychosocial factors. However, information regarding these multidimensional factors affecting physical activity levels in children with DMD remains limited. This study aims to identify the body functions, activity, participation, environmental, and personal factors affecting physical activity levels in children with DMD based on the framework of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health - Children and Youth Version (ICF-CY). Accordingly, the effects of posture, functional capacity, ambulatory status, balance, other musculoskeletal parameters, cognitive status, sleep habits and sleep quality, fear of falling, and behavioral characteristics, as well as family-related factors including parenting style, perceptions of physical activity, stress level, attitudes and perceptions toward daily life events, and disease impact, will be evaluated. The impact of these variables on physical activity levels and the magnitude of this effect will be examined within the ICF-CY framework.
- Status (registry)
- Not yet recruiting
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 30 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 18 Jan 2026
- Start date
- 2 Feb 2026
- Primary completion date
- 2 Feb 2027
- Lead sponsor
- Hacettepe University
- Diseases
- Duchenne muscular dystrophy
- NCT number
- NCT07369609
What you commit to
- Study type: Observational
- Planned participants: 30
- From 2 Feb 2026 to the primary completion date, 2 Feb 2027
- No sites listed in no country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Criteria the registry did not label
- Inclusion Criteria (Parents):
- Being a parent or primary caregiver of a child diagnosed with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD),
- Volunteering to participate in the study.
- Exclusion Criteria (Parents):
- Having caregiving responsibilities for another child or adult with a disability, other than the child with DMD,
- Experiencing difficulties in understanding or responding to the questionnaires administered by the physiotherapist.
- Inclusion Criteria (Children with DMD):
- Having a confirmed diagnosis of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD),
- Being between 6 and 14 years of age,
- Being classified within the first four levels of the Brooke Lower Extremity Functional Classification (ambulatory children),
- Scoring \>24 on the Modified Mini-Mental State Examination,
- Volunteering to participate in the study.
- Exclusion Criteria (Children with DMD):
- Having undergone any musculoskeletal surgery or sustained an injury that could affect physical activity within the past 6 months,
- Experiencing difficulty in understanding the test instructions administered by the physiotherapist and therefore being unable to appropriately perform the tests (performance-based assessments),
- Experiencing difficulties in understanding or responding to the questionnaires administered by the physiotherapist.
Age in the registry: 6 years to 14 years · Sex: Male · Does not accept healthy volunteers
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