Smartphone App for Analysis of General Movements in Young Infants

February 18, 2020 updated by: St. Olavs Hospital

Feasibility of a Smartphone Application for Computer-based Movement Analysis During the Fidgety Period of General Movements

Analysis of spontaneous movements in young infants from video recordings is recommended as an early medical assessment tool for prediction of cerebral palsy in high-risk infants. Such video recording have previously been performed in follow-up programs at hospitals using semi standardized video set-ups. The research group behind this study develops a smart-phone application that makes it possible for parents to video film their infant spontaneous movements at home, upload and send the video for analysis at the hospital provided by experts. The objectives of the study are to assess the feasibility of the In-Motion app for video recording of infant spontaneous movements, upload and send the video to St. Olavs Hospital in Trondheim, Norway, for assessment, and how parents experience this. 90-120 high-risk infants from Norway, Denmark, Belgium, USA, Great Britain and India will participate. Parents will record their infant spontaneous movements and answer questionnaires. Video quality will be evaluated by experts within the field and their use for computer-based assessment will be evaluated.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

86

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

      • Ghent, Belgium
        • Ghent University
      • Copenhagen, Denmark
        • Hillerød Hospital
      • Trondheim, Norway
        • St Olavs hospital

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

2 months to 3 months (CHILD)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

High-risk infants included in the regular clinical follow-up program comprising a standard examination at 3 months corrected age.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Infants referred to high-risk follow-up at the hospital

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Unstable medical condition, progressive disorders, or diagnosis with a specific syndrome affecting motor development.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Intervention / Treatment
In-Motion app for movement analysis
Participants will be recruited from infants referred to the high-risk follow-up clinic at the hospital. These at-risk children are included in the regular clinical follow-up program comprising a standard examination at 3 months corrected age (fidgety general movements period). Infant/families from St. Olavs Hospital (n= 15), in Norway, Lurie Children's Hospital (n=15), Chicago, USA, Christian Medical College (n=15), Vellore, India, University of Ghent (n=15), Belgium, and Hillerød Hospital (n=30), Copenhagen, Denmark will be invited to participate.
mobile phone application for recording fidgety movements at home

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Percentage of recordings that movement video recordings fulfil requirements needed for observation and classification of fidgety general movements
Time Frame: 17 weeks post term age
17 weeks post term age
Ease of use of the In-Motion App in score on the Software usability scale (SUS) as part of a questionnaire sent to users two weeks after received video recordings
Time Frame: 2 weeks after received video recordings
SUS is a 10 item questionnaire with 5 response options between 'strongly disagree' and 'strongly agree'. All values are scaled from 0 to 4 (with four being the most positive response). The range of possible values is converted from 0 to 100. A SUS score above a 68 would be considered above average. See https://measuringu.com/sus/
2 weeks after received video recordings
Correlation between computer-based software estimates by smartphone videos performed by parents at home and standard videos performed at the hospital follow-up clinic
Time Frame: 17 weeks
17 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Collaborators

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Lars Adde, PhD, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Publications and helpful links

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Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (ACTUAL)

March 5, 2018

Primary Completion (ACTUAL)

December 20, 2019

Study Completion (ACTUAL)

December 20, 2019

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

January 10, 2018

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 17, 2018

First Posted (ACTUAL)

January 25, 2018

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)

February 19, 2020

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 18, 2020

Last Verified

February 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 2017/913

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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