Coordination-based Exercise Intervention in Preschool Children

NCT ID: NCT06405854

Last Updated: 2024-06-03

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 44 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2022-09-12
• Study Completion Date: 2023-01-10

Brief Summary

This study intended to assess the impact of coordination-based exercise interventions on physical fitness, motor competence, and executive function among preschoolers aged 4 to 6 years.

Detailed Description

Forty-four preschool children (22 boys and 22 girls), with a mean age of 5.90 years (SD = 0.28). Participants will be randomly assigned to an Exercise Group (n = 19) or a Control Group (n = 25). The Exercise Group will engage in 20-minute, fun, and game-based sessions focusing on foundational movement patterns appropriate for preschoolers, conducted twice weekly over eight weeks. In contrast, the Control Group continued with their regular unstructured school activities. Physical fitness was evaluated using agility tests, static-dynamic balance, and vertical jumping. Motor competence was assessed through the KTK3+ test battery, and inhibition control was measured using the Go/No-Go test. The study concluded that coordination-based exercises, structured around fun and engaging activities suitable for preschoolers, potentially enhance physical fitness, motor skills, and executive functions. These areas are essential for early childhood development, suggesting that integrating such exercises into preschool activities could be beneficial. However, specific results regarding the effectiveness of the interventions on the tested competencies would need to be detailed to confirm these hypothesized benefits fully. The study highlights the importance of structured physical activity in early childhood education settings for promoting essential developmental skills.

Conditions

Motor Skills; Balance; Fitness; Preschool

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Coordination-based exercise intervention

During the eight weeks, children in the coordinative exercise intervention group participated in sessions twice a week, each lasting 20 minutes. The foundational movement patterns tailored to the specific purpose were organized in a game format suitable for preschool-aged children. These foundational movement patterns comprise open-ended tasks progressing from simple to complex, with motor planning as a prerequisite. As the exercise intervention was game-based, the sessions were maintained as a fun, active, and social learning environment for the children.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Exercise

Intervention Type: OTHER

Children in the coordinative exercise intervention group will be encouraged to participate in sessions twice a week, each lasting 20 minutes. The foundational movement patterns tailored to the specific purpose were organized in a game format suitable for preschool-aged children. These foundational movement patterns comprise open-ended tasks progressing from simple to complex, with motor planning as a prerequisite. As the exercise intervention was game-based, the sessions were maintained as a fun, active, and social learning environment for the children. Duration of the intervention is eight weeks,

Control

The control group continued their regular preschool classes without any intervention.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Exercise

Children in the coordinative exercise intervention group will be encouraged to participate in sessions twice a week, each lasting 20 minutes. The foundational movement patterns tailored to the specific purpose were organized in a game format suitable for preschool-aged children. These foundational movement patterns comprise open-ended tasks progressing from simple to complex, with motor planning as a prerequisite. As the exercise intervention was game-based, the sessions were maintained as a fun, active, and social learning environment for the children. Duration of the intervention is eight weeks,

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• typically preschoolers between the aged between 4-6 years old
• not taking any medication
• absence of cardiovascular, neurological, orthopedic, or psychiatric illnesses.

Exclusion Criteria

• children with physical disabilities or other conditions that might significantly impact their ability to participate in the physical activity interventions might be excluded,

• Minimum Eligible Age: 4 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 6 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Namik Kemal University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Istanbul Aydın University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Monira Aldhahi

Associate professor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Monira I. Aldhahi

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences

Locations

Monira Aldhahi

Riyadh, , Saudi Arabia

Countries

Saudi Arabia

Other Identifiers

2022.198.10.22

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id