Physical Activity Intervention in Preschool Children

NCT ID: NCT02524132

Last Updated: 2015-08-14

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 25 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2011-09-30
• Study Completion Date: 2015-08-31

Brief Summary

In this research project, the investigators addressed if incorporating physical movements with preschoolers will help increase their ability to retain concepts learned in preschool such as letter, sound and number recognition. Movement plays an important role in the brain. Exercise shows many benefits for the brain to help maintain clearer thought, improve memory, and increase activity in the brain, especially the areas involved in memory, attention, and language. The following research includes an eight week study of the implementation of movement breaks with one preschool class, while using another class as a control group. During the two weeks of baseline data, data was collected from every student in both groups on their letter recognition with both upper and lower case, letter sound identification, and number recognition for numbers 0-10. The group that implemented movement breaks had three-five minute scheduled times to stop for movement. Data was collected and compared between the two groups to find differences in their academic performance.

Conditions

Healthy Volunteers

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Physical Activity

5 minute movement breaks

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Physical Activity

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Interventions

Physical Activity

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Enrolled preschool student

Exclusion Criteria

• Enrolled in multiple preschool classes

• Minimum Eligible Age: 3 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 5 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Hamline University

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Mayo Clinic

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

James Levine

PI

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Hamline University

Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

0812015

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id