Movement Therapy and Childhood Obesity

NCT ID: NCT01555034

Last Updated: 2015-04-14

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

26 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2012-04-30

Study Completion Date

2015-04-30

Brief Summary

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The Child health and Sports Center, Meir Medical Center, has an intervention program to treat obese children. The program includes physical activity, nutritional intervention and behavioral treatment.The emphasis given in the center to physical activity and sport enables a strong connection with movement therapy. Movement therapy allows obese children to face and cope with the psychological and emotional aspects of obesity.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the contribution of the movement therapy intervention to our program.

Detailed Description

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Movement therapy is part of the multidisciplinary intervention. Weekly one hour long sessions are conducted under the guidance of a certified therapists.

The meeting includes physical movement aimed to address the emotional world of the obese child. Using games, structured exercises and verbal processing.

At the start and end of the evaluation the children will answer questionnaires to study:

1. Behavioral questionnaires:emotional state: anxiety, depression, communication, self-esteem, quality of life and self-efficacy.
2. Demographic questions . At the beginning and the end of the program a certified movement therapist will observe the children to estimate the change of emotional movement.weight, height and BMI are measured regularly in the center.

Conditions

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Obesity

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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intervention plus therapy

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

movement therapy

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

exercise, nutrition, movement therapy

intervention no therapy

exercise and nutrition

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

exercise plus nutrition

Intervention Type OTHER

exercise, nutrition

Interventions

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movement therapy

exercise, nutrition, movement therapy

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

exercise plus nutrition

exercise, nutrition

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Overweight/obese children

Exclusion Criteria

* Child that do not want to take part in this study
Minimum Eligible Age

6 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Meir Medical Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Dan Nemet, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Meir Medical Center

Locations

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Meir Medical Center

Kfar Saba, , Israel

Site Status

Countries

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Israel

Other Identifiers

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016111CTIL

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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