Strength and Fundamental Movement Skill (FMS) Training in Children
- Conditions
- Fundamental Movement Skill Competence
- Interventions
- Other: Exercise
- Registration Number
- NCT04458844
- Lead Sponsor
- Teesside University
- Brief Summary
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.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 90
- Age 10 - 11 years in a participating primary school (cluster) for which the Head Teacher has provided consent.
- Parental consent received
- No parental consent
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- FACTORIAL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Fundamental Movement Skill (FMS) Training Exercise Exercise 2 x per week focusing on Fundamental Movement Skill Development FMS and strength Exercise Replacement of 50% FMS training with integrated strength training.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change in product-process assessment of FMS via the Canadian agility and movement skills assessment (CAMSA) Baseline data was collected mid-June 2018 at the primary schools, one week prior to the intervention. Post testing data collection was in the week immediately after the final week of the four week intervention. The Canadian agility and movement skills assessment (CAMSA), which combines product- and process-oriented outcomes was used to assess FMS. Full details of the CAMSA can be found in the Canadian Assessment of Physical Literacy Manual, 2017. Briefly, the CAMSA requires participants to travel a total distance of 20m while completing seven different movement skill tasks (Longmuir et al 2017) around an agility style course. Process oriented criteria were used to assess the performance of each movement skill. In addition, the throw and kick were scored as either hitting or missing a target 5m away (product assessment). Finally, the overall time taken to complete the course was recorded (product assessment) and converted into a timed score using pre-defined time criteria scores. The CAMSA raw score was calculated by adding the individual skill scores (max of 14 points) and the time criteria score (max of 14 points) giving an individual score between 1 and 28 points.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change in product assessment of FMS Baseline data was collected mid-June 2018 at the primary schools, one week prior to the intervention. Post testing data collection was in the week immediately after the final week of the four week intervention. The investigators assessed locomotor performance through a countermovement jump and sprint assessments. Jump height was calculating from flight time measured by the Optojump Next (Microgate, Italy). Children were allowed up to three trial repetitions before completing three maximal jumps with the best performance used for analysis. Jumps were not counted if the children tucked their legs in the air or landing outside of the 1m square testing area. Sprint times were recorded over a distance of 40m to the nearest 0.01 second using an infrared timing gate system (Brower timing systems, Draper, USA). Sprints were repeated three times and the best score taken for analysis.
Change in strength Baseline data was collected mid-June 2018 at the primary schools, one week prior to the intervention. Post testing data collection was in the week immediately after the final week of the four week intervention. Grip strength (Takei Grip-D) and counter movement jump (CMJ) (Optojump Next, Microgate, Italy) were recorded as measures of upper and lower body strength, respectively. The children followed a set of standardised instructions and completed three attempts on each test to give an average score for each test.
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Teesside University
🇬🇧Middlesbrough, England, United Kingdom