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Movement Therapy and Childhood Obesity

NCT01555034 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 26

Last updated 2015-04-14

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The Child health and Sports Center, Meir Medical Center, has an intervention program to treat obese children. The program includes physical activity, nutritional intervention and behavioral treatment.The emphasis given in the center to physical activity and sport enables a strong connection with movement therapy. Movement therapy allows obese children to face and cope with the psychological and emotional aspects of obesity.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the contribution of the movement therapy intervention to our program.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

movement therapy

exercise, nutrition, movement therapy

OTHER

exercise plus nutrition

exercise, nutrition

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Meir Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Dan Nemet, MD · Meir Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
6 Years
Max Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-04-30
Primary Completion
2015-04-30
Completion
2015-04-30

Countries

  • Israel

Study Locations

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Diseases

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