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Infant Development and Early Aquatic Stimulation

NCT07204613 · Status: ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2025-10-02

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Summary

The objective of this study is to assess the feasibility of an aquatic stimulation protocol for infants up to one year of age. The main questions to be answered are:

Is the aquatic stimulation program, which involves recruitment, intervention, and reassessment, feasible and feasible on a larger scale? Was the aquatic stimulation protocol able to promote improvements in child development compared to the control group?

Researchers will compare the intervention group with a control group, which will be included on the waiting list, to determine whether aquatic stimulation promotes improved child development.

Eligible participants will be assessed, and then a random selection will be made by an independent researcher to determine the control and experimental groups. The experimental group will receive aquatic stimulation through a group class, with activities that stimulate language, cognitive, fine and gross motor skills, as well as social interaction. The control group will remain on the waiting list throughout the intervention. Monthly messages will be sent to both groups to collect information about the infant's health. Interventions will occur twice a week for 45 minutes over a three-month period. Immediately afterward, the children and their parents/guardians will be reevaluated. Children in the control group will be guaranteed a spot to receive aquatic stimulation after the intervention period. The data will be tabulated, analyzed, and subsequently published scientifically.

Conditions

  • Infant Health
  • Child Development

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Aquatic stimulation for child development

The intervention will be conducted in a heated pool located in the Physiotherapy building of the Federal University of Jequitinhonha and Mucuri Valleys, Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil. A total of 24 twice-weekly, 45-minute aquatic stimulation sessions will be offered over a 13-week intervention period. The sessions will follow a previously tested and refined aquatic stimulation protocol for infants. The experimental group will consist of 15 dyads (infant + parent or guardian) and three supervisors. Two will be inside the pool offering support and encouragement to parents and infants, and one will be outside the pool providing overall supervision of the children and controlling the time of each activity. The activities included in the aquatic intervention plan involve stimulation of expressive language, cognitive development, gross motor skills, fine motor skills, and social interaction.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Federal University of the Valleys of Jequitinhonha and Mucuri

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
3 Months
Max Age
7 Months
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-08-13
Primary Completion
2025-12-31
Completion
2025-12-31

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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