Motor Intervention for Preschooler With Motor Coordination Deficits

Fooyin University

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Developmental Coordination Disorder

Treatments: Behavioral: motor intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05079490

KSVGH20-CT5-37

Details and patient eligibility

About

This research project aims to examine the impact of motor coordination deficits and the effects of motor intervention on preschool-aged children's perceived competence, health-related physical fitness, activity participation and physical activity. Eighty children, aged 4-6 years,with or without motor coordination deficits will be recruited and assigned to to motor intervention (DCD-t), control 1 (DCD-c) or control 2 (TD) group. Children in the intervention group will receive motor intervention for 12 weeks. All children will be assessed at baseline, 0-, 3- and 6-month post-intervention.

Full description

This research project aims to examine the impact of motor coordination deficits on preschool-aged children's perceived competence, health-related physical fitness, activity participation and physical activity. Furthermore, the investigators are to investigate the effects of motor intervention on children's competence and participation during preschool age. This study plans to recruit 40 children with motor coordination deficits, aged 4-6 years, and 40 age- and gender-matched typically developing children. Children with motor coordination deficits will further be randomly assigned to motor intervention (DCD-t) or control (DCD-c) group. At baseline assessment, all children will be assessed for motor coordination competence, self-perception of competence, health-related physical fitness and daily activity participation. Physical activity will also be quantitatively measured using accelerometry. During the intervention phase, children in the DCD-t group will receive task-oriented motor intervention combined with fitness training three times per week while children in the DCD-c group remain usual activities. All children will be re-assessed at 0-, 3- and 6-month post-intervention. Repeated Measures ANOVA will be applied to examine the differences of motor competence, self-perception, fitness and activity participation among the 3 groups of children and over the 9-month period. The effects of motor intervention on DCD children's competence and participation will also be examined.

Enrollment: 80 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 4 to 6 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• aged 4 to 6 years
• motor coordination competence < 15%ile comparing to norms for motor-deficit group or > 30%ile for healthy group

Exclusion criteria

• genetic and chromosome deficits
• neurological or neuromuscular disorders
• congenital musculoskeletal disorders
• fracture in the past 6 months
• other conditions that affect the child's participation in physical activities

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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80 participants in 3 patient groups

Baseline

No Intervention group

Description:

All children will receive outcome measures.

Intervention phase

Experimental group

Description:

Children in the experimental group will receive intervention for 12 weeks while children in the control group remain their regular activities.

Treatment:

Behavioral: motor intervention

Follow up phase

No Intervention group

Description:

All children will be followed after the end of intervention phase and receive outcome measures at 3- and 6-month after the completion of intervention.