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Filter by:This single-center, randomized controlled pilot study aims to evaluate the efficacy of TruHeight Growth Protein Shake on improving growth patterns in children aged 4-17 years. Over six months, participants will consume the protein shake daily, five times a week, with outcomes measured in terms of type X collagen concentration in urine, height via a stadiometer, and body composition using an INBODY device.
Background: During childhood, physical activity (PA) is considered indispensable for developing motor skills through movement in the early stages of human development. Being active helps individuals develop fine and gross motor skills (GMS) by promoting an active lifestyle. Notably, this phase, characterized by regular PA and attaining motor competence, is associated with many health-related benefits. Early motor intervention programs have garnered attention for their positive influence on children's motor skills, as evidenced by various studies. A spectrum of more specialized methods is available alongside these general approaches, including programs designed to augment the time dedicated to general PA within school environments. Previous research has demonstrated the efficacy of incorporating experimental exercise interventions, grounded in enjoyable activities and game drills, into the curriculum, significantly improving children's basic motor skills. Many research articles have explored the impact of developmental gymnastics (DG) on children's fitness, indicating that gymnastics training can produce numerous beneficial outcomes for children's physical fitness. Method and Materials: Three hundred preschool children were assigned to either a gender-balanced group participating in a DG exercise program (EG; n=99) or a control group (CG; n=121). While individuals in the CG followed three structured extracurricular physical activities per week in kindergarten, the EG participants received 60 minutes of the DG exercise program two days a week. The Test of Gross Motor Development-2 (TGMD-2) was used to assess GMS. Aim: The study aimed to determine if participation in a structured DG program could improve GMS among preschool children compared to those in a group that attended extracurricular physical activities in a kindergarten.
This prospective study aimed to detect neuromotor signs early in preschool children suspected of Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD). Preschool children aged 3-5 years old from municipal kindergartens in Thessaloniki participated in this study. The Little DCDQ questionnaire and the BOT-2 (Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency) were used for assessment.
School age child development is a range from 6 to 12 years of age. During this time period observable differences in height, weight, and build of children may be prominent. The language skills of children continue to grow and many behavior changes occur as they try to find their place among their peers. School-age children gain between four and seven pounds each year., Increases in height will vary, and a three-to-six height difference in age groups is typical. Growth spurts are common in school-age children, as are periods of slow growth. Fundamental Movement Skills (FMS) are a specific set of gross motor skills that involve different body parts. These skills are the building blocks for more complex skills that children will learn throughout their lives. They help children take part in games, sports and recreational activities. While the Motor cognition takes into account the preparation and production of actions, as well as the processes involved in recognizing, predicting, mimicking, and understanding the behavior of other people It will be a randomized controlled trial. This study will include 48 school going children who meet the inclusion criteria will be recruited from Qazi Grammer School, The Cardour School. Two groups will be formed and 24 students will be allocated in each group. Before applying the techniques pre and post reading will be taken.Tools used during our study will be Parent proxy report format and Six minutes Walk test and portage guide to early education. In Group A which will be experimental group Experimental Group students will participate in fundamental motor skills(FMS) program that will include 12 basic motor skills(running,hopping,galloping,leaping,jumping,sliding,strinking,dribbling,catching overhand throwing and underhand rolling) will be applied and Group B which will be control group regular afterschool programs which include unstructured child's free play including sliding, hide and seek, sea-saw, and runing, along with reading, drawing will be used. These activities will continue for 3 sessions per week for the period of 8 weeks. Data will be analyzed by using SPSS for windows version 25.
The most important aspect of physical fitness is flexibility, which can be greatly impacted by bad posture. Long periods of sitting in school going children can cause the hamstring muscles to shorten because they bend the knee. There are numerous methods for improving hamstring flexibility, but very few of them produce immediate results. The purpose of this study will be to compare between the immediate effects of hold-relax proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation and muscle energy technique (MET) for hamstring flexibility in school going children. This will be the randomized clinical trial in which total time of six month will be utilized after the approval from BASR. Data will be collected from Unique Science School Al-Rehman Campus, Lahore. 106 participants will be taken with 05-12 years of age through purposive sampling technique. Participants will be divided into two equal groups. Participants in group A will be given hold-relax PNF and the group B will underwent METs (reciprocal inhibition). Hamstring ROM will be assessed through AKET. Measurements will be taken by goniometer. Wong-Baker faces pain scale (WBFPS) and Timed 'Up and Go' (TUG) test will be used to evaluate pain and functional mobility respectively. Data will be analyzed on SPSS version 25. Results after statistical analysis will show which technique is more effective and will have best outcomes.
The goal of this observational study is to develop a questionnaire to assess a child's concept of pain and to evaluate its psychometric properties in schoolchildren aged 8-17 years. The main question[s] it aims to answer are: - Validate to Spanish language the Conceptualization of Pain Questionnaire to assess a child's concept of pain. - Conduct an analysis to evaluate its psychometric properties. Participants will respond a questionnaire of 15 items and asks respondents to respond if they believe the items/statements to be true or false, although they are allowed to respond undecided.
The goal of this observational study is to study the features of psychophysical development and the morbidity patterns of children born after assisted pregnancy, and to identify the connection with the health status of mothers, followed by the development of a prediction model and general principles of management of children born after ART. The main questions it aims to answer are: • the influence of premorbid background of mothers on children's physical development, disease occurrence and morbidity patterns of children born as after ART. - To identify the indicators of cellular and humoral immunity in children born after different oocyte fertilization methods in IVF programs (classical IVF or ICSI). - To study the long-term effects of ART on the endocrine status of children. It will be studied hemogram examination, immunity indicators (cellular components CD3, CD4, CD8, CD16, CD20, CD25, CD95, CD3 HLA DR+, CD# HLA-DR; humoral components - IgM, IgA, IgE, IgG) and laboratory investigations in endocrine system (TSH, free T3 and T4 levels, insulin, insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1), somatotropic hormone (STH); glucose, potassium, sodium) in 120 children born after ART. Researchers will compare 132 children conceived spontaneously to see if ART can influent on the health status in future.
One in three children under the age of five in Tanzania experience stunting, which is defined as impairments in growth and development that often occur after poor nutrition, poor health, and low psychosocial stimulation. Research suggests that mental health problems of parents may be related to stunting outcomes and parental mental health is closely related to experiences of intimate partner violence, also called gender-based violence. However, very little research exists on the connection between these elements, and interventions may be necessary in order to reduce the impacts that mental health and gender-based violence may have on stunting. This study is a secondary data analysis of de-identified survey and stunting data that were conducted as a part of a needs assessment by a local nonprofit organization in Tanzania. The needs assessment was conducted to inform a mental health initiative organized by the established nonprofit across 5 villages in rural Tanzania. This project's primary aims are: - To determine the prevalence of mental health and family relationship problems in five villages - To determine associations between intimate partner violence (IPV) mental health and substance use and childhood stunting
shows that children and adults with joint hypermobility may be identified with common clinical problems that are unrelated, such as chronic fatigue, anxiety, and a range of gastrointestinal functional disorders [4-6]. Considering the relationship of joint hypermobility with joint muscle tone and posture, sensory processing skills may also be affected in individuals with hypermobility. No study in the literature examines the relationship between joint hypermobility and sensory processing. This study was planned to detect joint hypermobility as early as 12-14 months and to examine its relationship with sensory processing skills.
In this study, our aim is to determine the reference values for the handgrip force and bioimpedance values in healthy Turkish children.