Clinical trial NCT05290584: Influence of Preschool Children's Fundamental Movement Skills, Physical Activity, and Physical Fitness on Executive Function: A Prospective Observation Study
Official title: Influence of Preschool Children's Fundamental Movement Skills, Physical Activity, and Physical Fitness on Executive Function: A Prospective Observation Study
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Conditions: Preschool Children
Executive Function
Fundamental Movement Skills
Physical Activity
Physical Fitness
Lead sponsor: Hong Kong Baptist University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Beijing Normal University
name: National Fitness Research Center
First posted: 2022-03-22
Enrollment: 505
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 3
Maximum age (years): 5
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: OTHER
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Children will be recruited from kindergartens in Zhuhai through the support of Zhuhai Early Childhood Education Association and United International College. These two organizations have cooperated with many local kindergartens, which can help to recruit preschoolers.

Brief summary: Background: Early childhood is the most critical and rapid period of complete and healthy physical and cognitive development in human life. Executive function appears in early childhood and develops rapidly through complex coaction between environment and developmental processes. The preschool period is also characterized by a rapid growth in fundamental movement skills, physical activity and physical fitness. The scientific research on the relationship between fundamental movement skills, physical activity, physical fitness and executive function in preschoolers remains to be explored.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine the cross-sectional relationship between fundamental movement skills, physical activity, physical fitness and executive function in preschool children while controlling for potential confounding variables, examine the prospective influence (independent and interactive role) of preschooler's fundamental movement skills, physical activity and physical fitness on executive function, observe the preschoolers' fundamental movement skills, physical activity, physical fitness and executive function changes with age, and investigate gender and age differences in preschoolers' fundamental movement skills, physical activity, physical fitness and executive function.

Method: The proposed study consists of two phases, phase 1 is a cross-sectional study. Five hundred and five children aged 3-5 years will be recruited. The Test of Gross Motor Development Third Edition (TGMD-3) was used to assess children's fundamental movement skills. Preschool children's physical activity was monitored by accelerometer ActiGraph GT3X-BT. Physical fitness was tested using handgrip, 4\*10m shuttle run, 20m shuttle run, 30s sit-ups, sit and reach, and balance beam. Executive function was tested by computer-based tasks including animal stroop, safari training and stop signal task. Phase 2 is a 12-month follow-up study. In the phase 2, all children enrolled in the baseline study will be followed up, the measurements and contents of the follow-up are the same as the baseline instrument.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* aged 3-5 years
* normally developing children with corresponding cognitive ability to participate in the data collection
* without heart, lung, liver, kidney and other important organ diseases or any neurological disorders (e.g., intellectual disability or autism spectrum disorder) that prevent children from performing normal PA.

Exclusion Criteria:

* children with cognitive disability
* with heart, lung, liver, kidney and other important organ diseases or any neurological disorders (e.g., intellectual disability or autism spectrum disorder) that prevent children from performing normal PA.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change of body mass index
timeFrame: through study completion, 12 months
measure: Change of fundamental movement skills
timeFrame: through study completion, 12 months
measure: Change of sedentary behavior time
timeFrame: through study completion, 12 months
measure: Change of light physical activity time
timeFrame: through study completion, 12 months
measure: Change of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity time
timeFrame: through study completion, 12 months
measure: Change of cardiorespiratory fitness
timeFrame: through study completion, 12 months
measure: Change of flexibility
timeFrame: through study completion, 12 months
measure: Change of muscular endurance
timeFrame: through study completion, 12 months
measure: Change of muscular strength
timeFrame: through study completion, 12 months
measure: Change of balance
timeFrame: through study completion, 12 months
measure: Change of speed-agility
timeFrame: through study completion, 12 months
measure: Change of inhibitory control
timeFrame: through study completion, 12 months
measure: Change of cognitive flexibility
timeFrame: through study completion, 12 months
measure: Change of working memory
timeFrame: through study completion, 12 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Demographics questionnaire
timeFrame: through study completion, 12 months
measure: Screen time
timeFrame: through study completion, 12 months
measure: Sleep
timeFrame: through study completion, 12 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Zhuhai
country: China
facility: Beijing Normal University - Hong Kong Baptist University United International College
state: Guangdong
city: Hong Kong
country: China
facility: Hong Kong Baptist University
state: Hong Kong
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