Strength and Fundamental Movement Skill (FMS) Training in Children

Teesside University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Fundamental Movement Skill Competence

Treatments: Other: Exercise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04458844

SSSBLRECSTUD1449

Details and patient eligibility

About

Competence in Fundamental movement skills (FMS) is essential to enable children to be physical active. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of integrated FMS skill training (balancing and stabilisation skills, locomotor skills [e.g. run, hop, jump, crawl] and object control / manipulation [e.g. dribbling, rolling, striking, kicking and catching i.e. a ball] with strength training on FMS performance in children.

Enrollment: 90 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 10 to 11 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age 10 - 11 years in a participating primary school (cluster) for which the Head Teacher has provided consent.
• Parental consent received

Exclusion criteria

• No parental consent

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Factorial Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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90 participants in 3 patient groups

Fundamental Movement Skill (FMS) Training

Experimental group

Description:

Exercise 2 x per week focusing on Fundamental Movement Skill Development

Treatment:

Other: Exercise

FMS and strength

Experimental group

Description:

Replacement of 50% FMS training with integrated strength training.

Treatment:

Other: Exercise

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

No intervention.