Clinical trial NCT05079490: Motor Intervention for Preschooler With Motor Coordination Deficits
Official title: Impact of Motor Coordination Deficits in Preschool Children: Effects of Motor Intervention
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Phase: NA
Conditions: Developmental Coordination Disorder
Lead sponsor: Fooyin University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital.
First posted: 2021-10-15
Enrollment: 80
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 4
Maximum age (years): 6
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: This research project aims to examine the impact of motor coordination deficits and the effects of motor intervention on preschool-aged children's perceived competence, health-related physical fitness, activity participation and physical activity. Eighty children, aged 4-6 years,with or without motor coordination deficits will be recruited and assigned to to motor intervention (DCD-t), control 1 (DCD-c) or control 2 (TD) group. Children in the intervention group will receive motor intervention for 12 weeks. All children will be assessed at baseline, 0-, 3- and 6-month post-intervention.

Detailed description: This research project aims to examine the impact of motor coordination deficits on preschool-aged children's perceived competence, health-related physical fitness, activity participation and physical activity. Furthermore, the investigators are to investigate the effects of motor intervention on children's competence and participation during preschool age. This study plans to recruit 40 children with motor coordination deficits, aged 4-6 years, and 40 age- and gender-matched typically developing children. Children with motor coordination deficits will further be randomly assigned to motor intervention (DCD-t) or control (DCD-c) group. At baseline assessment, all children will be assessed for motor coordination competence, self-perception of competence, health-related physical fitness and daily activity participation. Physical activity will also be quantitatively measured using accelerometry. During the intervention phase, children in the DCD-t group will receive task-oriented motor intervention combined with fitness training three times per week while children in the DCD-c group remain usual activities. All children will be re-assessed at 0-, 3- and 6-month post-intervention. Repeated Measures ANOVA will be applied to examine the differences of motor competence, self-perception, fitness and activity participation among the 3 groups of children and over the 9-month period. The effects of motor intervention on DCD children's competence and participation will also be examined.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* aged 4 to 6 years
* motor coordination competence \< 15%ile comparing to norms for motor-deficit group or \> 30%ile for healthy group

Exclusion Criteria:

* genetic and chromosome deficits
* neurological or neuromuscular disorders
* congenital musculoskeletal disorders
* fracture in the past 6 months
* other conditions that affect the child's participation in physical activities

Primary outcomes:
measure: motor coordination competence- post
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: motor coordination competence- follow1
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: motor coordination competence- follow2
timeFrame: 9 months
measure: weight- post
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: weight- follow1
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: weight- follow2
timeFrame: 9 months
measure: height- post
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: height- follow1
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: height- follow2
timeFrame: 9 months
measure: flexibility- post
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: flexibility- follow1
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: flexibility- follow2
timeFrame: 9 months
measure: strength- post
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: strength- follow1
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: strength- follow2
timeFrame: 9 months
measure: aerobic fitness- post
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: aerobic fitness- follow1
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: aerobic fitness- follow2
timeFrame: 9 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: self-perceived motor competence- post
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: self-perceived motor competence- follow1
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: self-perceived motor competence- follow2
timeFrame: 9 months
measure: daily time spent in physical activities- post
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: daily time spent in physical activities- follow1
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: daily time spent in physical activities- follow2
timeFrame: 9 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Kaohsiung
country: Taiwan
facility: Fooyin University
Study officials:
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