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Combined Movement and Storytelling Intervention on Physical Performance in Children

NCT06016296 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 144

Last updated 2024-08-09

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Summary

This study protocol aims to analyze and compare the effects of combined movement and storytelling intervention (CMSI) on fundamental motor skills (locomotor skills and object control), language development (language comprehension, language expression, vocabulary and language description), and physical activity levels (light, moderate to vigorous intensity, and sedentary time) in children aged 3 to 6 years. The sample will consist of 144 children of 12 classes group, randomly assigned to 3 experimental groups (n= 72 children) and 3 control groups (n= 72 children), belonging to 4 classes group of upper middle level classes (2 experimental and 2 control), 4 transition level 1 classes (2 experimental and 2 control) and 4 transition level 2 classes (2 experimental and 2 control). The experimental groups will perform the CMSI for 3 sessions (40-minute per session) per week over 12-weeks (using one motor story per week), while the control groups will not receive any treatment. The main outcome will provide information about fundamental motor skills, language development, and physical activity levels. It is hypothesized that the CMSI has the potential to generate significant increases in selected assessments. If this intervention proves to be beneficial, if could contribute to preschoolers children curricula.

Conditions

  • Preschool Children

Interventions

OTHER

Combined Movement and Storytelling Intervention

The 40-minute sessions will include three moments: (i) warm-up (5 minutes), which consists of joint mobility exercises and introduction to the motor story of the week; (ii) main part (25 minutes), which incorporates the narration of the motor story by the educator initially, as well as the participation of the children, through their own corporeality with movements based mainly on FMS (locomotion skills and object control) and two way verbal interaction based on questions allusive to the narration delivered by the educator or direct verbal participation cast by each child and; (iii) cool down (10 minutes), where space is provided for the children to gradually return to calm, together with feedback on the contents addressed during the session.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Universidad Católica del Maule

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Pablo Valdés-Badilla, PhD · Universidad Católica del Maule

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-03-14
Primary Completion
2024-09-14
Completion
2025-04-15

Countries

  • Chile

Study Locations

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