The Effects of Strength and Balance Training on Physical Function in Overweight Children

St. Mary's University, Twickenham

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Obesity, Childhood

Treatments: Other: Eight-week in-school strength and balance training program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05665621

StMarysUC7

Details and patient eligibility

About

This intervention study aims to examine the efficacy of a school-based exercise programme to improve strength and balance in overweight and obese 7-11-year-olds in the United Kingdom. The main question[s] it aims to answer are:

• Is the school-based exercise programme effective in improving lower limb muscular strength and balance control?
• How do increases in strength and balance skills impact physical function, the risk to musculoskeletal health, and physical activity? Participants will attend baseline, post-intervention, and follow-up testing that includes assessment of strength, balance, 3D gait, plantar pressure, physical function and physical activity. The intervention group will take part in physical activity sessions in their school for 1 hour twice a week for a total of 8 weeks.

Researchers will compare the intervention group to a control group that will take part in no-activity sessions and carry out their normal school and seasonal activities.

Enrollment: 30 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 7 to 11 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Overweight or obese

Exclusion criteria

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

Training group

Experimental group

Description:

Eight-week in-school strength and balance training program

Treatment:

Other: Eight-week in-school strength and balance training program

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

No intervention, normal activities.