Clinical trial NCT06277778: Effect of Combined Music and Taekwondo Training for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Official title: Effect of Combined Music and Taekwondo Training on the Psychological and Physical Condition of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: a Randomized Controlled Trial
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Autism Spectrum Disorder
Keywords: music
taekwondo
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Lead sponsor: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-02-26
Enrollment: 70
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 7
Maximum age (years): 9
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The goal of this randomized controlled trial is to evaluate the effect of combined music and taekwondo training on the mental and physical condition of children with autism spectrum disorder. Participants will be asked to do combined music and taekwondo training or taekwondo training alone to evaluate if the combined training is better than the taekwondo training alone on mental and physical performance for children with autism spectrum disorder.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Chinese children aged 7 to 9 years who have been clinically diagnosed as ASD by developmental paediatricians or clinical psychologists based on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition criteria for ASD.

Exclusion Criteria:

* children who have experience in Taekwondo training;
* children who have received music therapy within the previous 12 months;
* those who have severe sensory disorders (blindness or deafness);
* those who have underlying congenital abnormalities or other diseases that limit their ability to engage in physical activities.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Engagement in the Training Sessions
timeFrame: Through training completion, an average of 20 sessions over 10 consecutive weeks
measure: Gross Motor Skills
timeFrame: Baseline, 10 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Physical Activity Level
timeFrame: Through training completion, an average of 20 sessions over 10 consecutive weeks
measure: Enjoyment State
timeFrame: Through training completion, an average of 20 sessions over 10 consecutive weeks
measure: Rate of Perceived Exertion
timeFrame: Through training completion, an average of 20 sessions over 10 consecutive weeks
measure: Taekwondo skills performance
timeFrame: Baseline, 10 weeks
measure: Conners' Continuous Performance Test II
timeFrame: Baseline, 10 weeks
measure: Comprehensive Trail-Making Test (CTMT)
timeFrame: Baseline, 10 weeks
measure: Social Responsiveness Scale, second edition (SRS-2)
timeFrame: Baseline, 10 weeks
measure: Childhood Autism Spectrum Test
timeFrame: Baseline, 10 weeks
measure: Strength and Difficulties Questionnaires (SDQ)
timeFrame: Baseline, 10 weeks
measure: Clinical Global Improvement (CGI) score
timeFrame: 10 weeks, 2 months follow-up
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Hong Kong
country: Hong Kong
facility: Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Study officials:
affiliation: Assistant Professor
name: Clare CW YU, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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