Physical Fitness and Bone Structure Evaluation in Preschool Children

Physical Fitness Clinical Trial

Official title:

Physical Fitness and Bone Structure Evaluation in Preschool Children

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Active, not recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02457754
• Other study ID #: JIUZ-2014-BIO-08-216-162
• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• First received: March 20, 2015
• Last updated: December 1, 2015
• Start date: January 2015

Study information

• Verified date: December 2015
• Source: Universidad de Zaragoza
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Spain: CEICA Government of Aragon
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Several studies have shown a high association between physical fitness and present and future health. Two of the main epidemics of the industrialized world are obesity and osteoporosis, diseases that could be prevented with early interventions from childhood. Both, physical activity and physical fitness have shown an association with these diseases, but tools for assessing them in early ages are still in development. Moreover, there is a lack of physical fitness reference values in preschool children and the relation of pathologies with physical fitness in these ages is still to be demonstrated. Therefore, through a simple and precise methodology displayed in the school and adapted for the younger we intend to: Provide a combination of safe and precise field tests to evaluate health related physical fitness in preschool children. Analyze body composition, risk of overweight, obesity and low mineral density and their relation with physical activity. The evaluation of these health-related physical fitness variables in early ages is of great interest to clinic and public health.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Enrollment: 225
• Est. primary completion date: December 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 3 Years to 5 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Healthy

• 3 to 5 years old

Exclusion Criteria:

• Unhealthy

• Taking drugs affecting bone

Study Design

Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Bone Structure
• Child, Preschool
• Physical Fitness

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Spain	Universidad de Zaragoza	Zaragoza

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Universidad de Zaragoza

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Spain, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Assessment of physical fitness in preschool children		4 months evaluation	No