Role of Early Motor Experience in Infants With Down Syndrome

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Conditions studied: Down Syndrome

In brief

Infants with Down syndrome show significant delays and weaknesses in motor, cognitive, and language development compared to typically developing infants. This project aims to examine the developmental cascade effects of specific gross and fine motor experience on motor, cognitive and language development in infants with Down syndrome. We propose that both gross and fine motor experience will facilitate cognitive and language development in infants with Down syndrome, and particularly, fine motor experience will help advance gesture and early words production.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05144373

Run by

Georgia State University

People needed

51

Starts

2022-01-01

Expected to finish

2025-08-31

Last updated by the study team

2025-12-11

Who can join

Age: 1 and older, up to 3. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• An appropriate age range of 7-36 months
• A diagnosis of Down syndrome.

You may not qualify if…

• The presence of seizure disorders
• Non-correctable vision, hearing and heart problems
• Any other severe medical conditions that may prevent the infant from participating in this study

Where it is running

• Biomechanics lab — Atlanta, Georgia, United States

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