Taskforce on Childhood Motor Disorders

描述(由申请者提供)：我们建议组织一系列三年一次的会议，专门讨论儿童多动症的定义和测量。儿童运动障碍特别工作组此前已经为高张障碍和阴性体征建立了共识定义和测量技术建议。多动症是儿童运动障碍的第三大类。在三次会议中的第一次会议上，将为“舞蹈症”、“舞蹈症”、“多动症”和“震颤”等术语确定与儿童有关的协商一致定义。在第二次会议上，将讨论目前诊断和量化这些损害的标准和技术。在第三次会议上，将展示诊断和量化的新规模和新技术。这一系列会议的结果将是就定义、查明当前评估工具中的差距以及为开发新的衡量工具提出具体建议的协商一致声明。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。该项目将提供一致的定义，并致力于开发多动症儿童的测量工具。其结果将是定义和建议，将提高运动障碍儿童临床试验的有效性和成功。

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.