Dance PREEMIE: A Dance Participation intervention for Extremely Preterm Children with Motor Impairment at Preschool age: a feasibility trial.

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Children born preterm; Motor impairment; Neurological - Other neurological disorders; Reproductive Health and Childbirth - Complications of newborn; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Other physical medicine / rehabilitation; Musculoskeletal - Other muscular and skeletal disorders

• Registration Number: ACTRN12619001266156
• Lead Sponsor: Murdoch Children's Research Institute

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2019-09-12
• Study Completion: 2020-04-28
• Last Update Posted: 7 February 2022

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 10

Inclusion Criteria

Children must fulfil all of the following:

1) be part of the Victorian Infant Collaborative Study (VICS) 2016/2017 cohort, and be born extremely preterm (<28 weeks' gestation) or extremely low birth weight (<1000g) at the Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
2) have motor impairment, defined as scoring >1SD below the mean (established by the VICS 2005 term control cohort) on the mean motor score of the Bayley III Scale of Infant and Toddler Development assessed at 2 years of age. A mean value established from a contemporary cohort of healthy, term born Australian children will decrease the likelihood the Bayley-III will under predict motor impairment.
3) be three years corrected age at the beginning of the intervention period.

Dance teachers must:
1.be teaching a preschool dance class
2. be able to attend a training session
3.have a valid Working with Children Check
4.have a valid First Aid certificate (or have a staff member in the studio who is the designated first aider)

Exclusion Criteria

Children: exclusion criteria
1.Children who are unable to consistently follow simple commands (due to global developmental delay, receptive language disorders etc.)
2.Children who are non-ambulant.
3.Children who have any medical condition that precludes participation in physical activity.

Dance teachers: exclusion criteria
1.Dance schools outside 100km radius of Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne
2.Dance classes are not conducted in English

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified