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Manville Moves: an Exercise Intervention for Behavioral Regulation Among Children With Behavioral Health Challenges

NCT02766101 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 103

Last updated 2016-05-09

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine whether an exergaming, aerobic physical education (PE) curriculum is acceptable and elicits improvements in behavioral self-regulation and classroom functioning among children with behavioral health challenges attending a therapeutic day school. After following an approved consent/assent process, children attending the school were randomized by classroom to take part in either 7 weeks of the experimental PE curriculum, or 7 weeks of the standard PE curriculum; after a 10 week washout period, children then crossed over into the other arm.

Conditions

  • Autistic Disorder
  • Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Mood Disorders
  • Conduct Disorder
  • Oppositional Defiant Disorder

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Aerobic Exergaming PE Curriculum

Sustained aerobic exercise.

BEHAVIORAL

Standard PE

Non-aerobic skill building.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Judge Baker Children's Center

    collaborator OTHER

  • Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
7 Years
Max Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-10-31
Primary Completion
2015-04-30
Completion
2015-04-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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