Effects of a Physical Education Programme in Preschool Children

Child Development Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Development of Motor Skills by a Physical Education Programme in Preschool Children: a Preschool-based Controlled Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03454061
• Other study ID #: TH Project
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: February 7, 2018
• Last updated: February 26, 2018
• Start date: December 2015
• Est. completion date: June 2016

Study information

• Verified date: February 2018
• Source: University of Palermo
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Unlike other European countries, Italian kindergartens do not include the physical education teacher in the school organic personnel. This is frequently associated with the lack of opportunities to perform physical education by preschool children. The aim of this study was to analyse the effects of a specific 16-week-long physical education programme (PEP) of 16-week length on the development of locomotor and object control skills in preschool children.

Description:

We conducted a school-based non-randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effect of a specific 16-week-long physical education program (PEP) on the quotient of gross motor development (QGMD) in preschool children. This study involved 119 children who were clustered in a control group (CG, n= 29, age: 52.1±8.65 months; height: 1.1±0.07 m, body weight: 19.2±5.55 Kg, BMI: 16.9±3.16) and an intervention group (IG, n= 90, age: 57.4±9.42 months; height: 1.1±0.06 m, body weight: 19.3±3.65 Kg, BMI: 16±1.75). Participants were assessed for locomotor ability and object control skills using the Italian version of gross motor development test, before and after the experimental period.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 119
• Est. completion date: June 2016
• Est. primary completion date: May 31, 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 40 Months to 67 Months

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria

• preschool children

Exclusion Criteria:

• Age < 40 months

• Age > 67 months

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Child Development
• Motor Activity

Intervention

Other:
• physical activity
Physical education program (PEP) of 16-week length

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Palermo

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Quotient of gross motor development change	Quotient of gross motor development	Change from Baseline at 16 weeks
Secondary	BMI	Body mass index	Change from Baseline at 16 weeks
Secondary	Weight	Weight	Change from Baseline at 16 weeks
Secondary	Height	Height	Change from Baseline at 16 weeks
Secondary	Object control skills change	Object control	Change from Baseline at 16 weeks
Secondary	Locomotion skills change	locomotion	Change from Baseline at 16 weeks