Physical Activity Intervention in Preschool Children

Healthy Volunteers Clinical Trial

Official title:

Physical Activity Intervention in Preschool Children

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02524132
• Other study ID #: 0812015
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: August 12, 2015
• Last updated: August 13, 2015
• Start date: September 2011
• Est. completion date: August 2015

Study information

• Verified date: August 2015
• Source: Mayo Clinic
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

In this research project, the investigators addressed if incorporating physical movements with preschoolers will help increase their ability to retain concepts learned in preschool such as letter, sound and number recognition. Movement plays an important role in the brain. Exercise shows many benefits for the brain to help maintain clearer thought, improve memory, and increase activity in the brain, especially the areas involved in memory, attention, and language. The following research includes an eight week study of the implementation of movement breaks with one preschool class, while using another class as a control group. During the two weeks of baseline data, data was collected from every student in both groups on their letter recognition with both upper and lower case, letter sound identification, and number recognition for numbers 0-10. The group that implemented movement breaks had three-five minute scheduled times to stop for movement. Data was collected and compared between the two groups to find differences in their academic performance.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 25
• Est. completion date: August 2015
• Est. primary completion date: May 2012
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 3 Years to 5 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Enrolled preschool student

Exclusion Criteria:

• Enrolled in multiple preschool classes

Study Design

Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Healthy Volunteers

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Physical Activity

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Hamline University	St. Paul	Minnesota

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Mayo Clinic	Hamline University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Physical Activity as measured by a Modular Signal Recorder Accelerometer		8 wks	No
Primary	Letter recognition as measured by an Academic Growth Assessment		8 wks	No
Primary	Sound recognition as measured by an Academic Growth Assessment		8 wks	No
Primary	Number recognition as measured by an Academic Growth Assessment		8 wks	No