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Short bouTs of Exercise for Preschool-age Children

NCT01588392 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 323

Last updated 2023-06-08

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine if short bouts of structured physical activity implemented within the classroom setting as part of designated gross-motor playtime will increase preschool-age children during-school physical activity level.

Conditions

  • Physical Activity

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Short bouts of structured physical activity

Short bouts of structured physical activity preschools will be asked to implement age-appropriate 10 minute structured physical activity routines within the classroom setting followed by 20 minutes of usual unstructured playtime activities. Intervention will be implemented for a total of 30 minutes during both morning and afternoon gross motor playtime 5 days/week for 6 months.

BEHAVIORAL

Unstructured physical activity

Unstructured physical activity intervention will consist of 30 minutes of supervised unstructured free playtime twice. intervention will be delivered during both morning and afternoon gross motor playtime for 5 days/week for 6 months.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Massachusetts, Amherst

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sofiya Alhassan · University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
3 Years
Max Age
5 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-11-30
Primary Completion
2013-05-31
Completion
2013-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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