Taskforce on Childhood Motor Disorders

描述（由申请人提供）：我们建议组织一系列的三次年度会议，专门讨论儿童多动运动障碍的定义和测量。儿童运动障碍工作组先前已就高渗障碍和阴性症状建立了共识定义和测量技术建议。多动障碍是儿童运动障碍的第三大类。在三次会议的第一次会议上，将为“舞蹈病”、“舞蹈病”、“多动性肌张力障碍”和“震颤”等术语建立与儿童相关的共识定义。在第二次会议上，将讨论目前诊断和量化这些损伤的量表和技术。在第三次会议上，将展示用于诊断和量化的新量表和技术。这一系列会议的结果将是关于定义的协商一致声明，确定当前评估工具中的差距，并为开发新的衡量工具提出具体建议。定义和测量工具对于临床医生之间的沟通、将儿童纳入临床试验以及在临床和临床试验中测量治疗结果至关重要。该项目将提供共识的定义，并致力于为患有多动障碍的儿童开发测量工具。其结果将是定义和建议，这将提高运动障碍儿童临床试验的有效性和成功率。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We propose to organize a series of three yearly meetings devoted to definition and measurement of hyperkinetic movement disorders in childhood. The taskforce on childhood motor disorders has previously established consensus definitions and measurement technology recommendations for hypertonic disorders and negative signs. Hyperkinetic disorders represent the third major category of pediatric motor disorders. In the first of the three meetings, consensus definitions relevant to children will be established for the terms "chorea", "choreoathetosis", "hyperkinetic dystonia", and "tremor". In the second meeting, current scales and technology for diagnosis and quantification of these impairments will be discussed. In the third meeting, new scales and technology for diagnosis and quantification will be demonstrated. The result of this series of meetings will be a consensus statement on definitions, identification of gaps in current assessment tools, and specific recommendations for the development of new measurement tools. Definitions and measurement tools are essential for communication between clinicians, inclusion of children in clinical trials, and measurement of outcomes of treatment in the clinic and in clinical trials. This project will provide consensus definitions and work toward the development of measurement tools for children with hyperkinetic disorders. The result will be definitions and recommendations that will improve the effectiveness and success of clinical trials for children with disorders of movement.