Effect of Combined Music and Taekwondo Training for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Autism Spectrum Disorder

Treatments: Other: Taekwondo training alone; Other: Taekwondo training with music therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06277778

HSEARS20211117003-03

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this randomized controlled trial is to evaluate the effect of combined music and taekwondo training on the mental and physical condition of children with autism spectrum disorder. Participants will be asked to do combined music and taekwondo training or taekwondo training alone to evaluate if the combined training is better than the taekwondo training alone on mental and physical performance for children with autism spectrum disorder.

Enrollment: 70 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 7 to 9 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Chinese children aged 7 to 9 years who have been clinically diagnosed as ASD by developmental paediatricians or clinical psychologists based on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition criteria for ASD.

Exclusion criteria

• children who have experience in Taekwondo training;
• children who have received music therapy within the previous 12 months;
• those who have severe sensory disorders (blindness or deafness);
• those who have underlying congenital abnormalities or other diseases that limit their ability to engage in physical activities.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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70 participants in 2 patient groups

Taekwondo training with music therapy

Experimental group

Description:

the participating children will attend 20 sessions of Taekwondo training with the presence of music.

Treatment:

Other: Taekwondo training with music therapy

Taekwondo training alone

Sham Comparator group

Description:

the participating children will attend 20 sessions of Taekwondo training alone.

Treatment:

Other: Taekwondo training alone