Generation Fit and Exerlearning With In the Groove

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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In middle schools participating in a statewide program called Take Time, we are randomizing youth to a 10-12 week intervention using the dance mat games on the Playstation2 (like Dance Dance Revolution). This program is testing feasibility of using the dance mats as a way to increase activity during the school day. We are using Groove Masters as a peer-mentored mechanism to keep track of the activity of youth in the intervention compared to the control group. Our main objective is increase in activity time.

Detailed Description
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We met with administrators and teachers and obtained consent and assent for this study. After assessing baseline measures (end-of-grade test scores, absenteeism, Pediatric Quality of Life, physical fitness, GEMS Activity Rating Scale, Dennison's measure of sedentary screen time, Physical Activity Enjoyment Scale, BMI%ile, (with a small subset assayed for fasting lipids and glucose, with a smaller subset wearing ActiGraphs for objective measures of activity) we randomized to the intervention or control group. In our intervention, youth play a dance game at school called In the Groove, with the goal of 40 additional minutes each week of physical activity during the school hours. We will obtain change scores and compare the groups to find an effect size for future studies, this this proves acceptable and feasible in Maine schools.

Official Title
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Generation-Fit, a Pilot Study of Youth in Maine Middle Schools Using an Exerlearning Dance Video Game to Promote Physical Activity During School

Conditions
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Obesity

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: Physical Activity, reduced sedentary behavior


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Take Time middle school in Maine with consent/assent Exclusion Criteria: Any condition that prevents a child from doing physical activity on the dance mat like photic seizures, broken leg, blindness.

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 10 Years
Maximum Age: 14 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Prevention
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Factorial Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Intervention/Treatment |
| --- |
|Behavioral: Physical Activity, reduced sedentary behavior|nan|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Minutes of activity added in school day. |  |  | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Quality of Life change scores |  |  | 
| Relation to test scores, absenteeism |  |  | 
| Fitness change scores |  |  | 
| Change in biological endpoints |  |  | 
| Others |  |  | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Dance, Peers, middle school-based, feasibility