The Impact of Water Activities on Motor Development in Infants

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Infant Development
• Interventions: Other: Aquatic baby class

• Registration Number: NCT06180330
• Lead Sponsor: Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education

Brief Summary

The study will be conducted at various city swimming pools in Warsaw. The study participants will include 20 infants participating in aquatic baby classes once a week and 20 infants not participating in any classes and their parents. The study will be conducted in a quiet and calm room, which will be prepared in advance and equipped with a smooth mat, a lounger and infant toys. The estimated time to conduct the study is about 30 minutes.

The examination will be carried out twice: before the start of the two-month course and after its completion. Each time in the presence of a parent or legal guardian, after signing a consent form for the study.

The selected methods of assessing motor development are fully non-invasive and consist of the following tests:

1. Alberta Infant Motor Scale (AIMS)-a test involving observation of motor development, in which each activity is assessed as existing or not. The sum of the scores from all trials is then placed on a centile grid, the results of which will indicate how many children of a certain age are achieving a given level of motor skills.

2. Early Motor Development Questionnaire (EMQ)-will be conducted on the basis of a ready-made form and in an anonymous manner based on parents' current knowledge of their children's development.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2023-12
• Study First Submitted: 2023-12-12
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-12-12
• Study Start: 2023-12-15
• Study First Posted: 2023-12-22
• Primary Completion: 2024-03-15
• Study Completion: 2024-03-15
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-05-08
• Last Update Posted: 2024-05-09

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 43

Inclusion Criteria

• infants age 3-12 months

Exclusion Criteria

• any disability that would affect motor development

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Aquatic baby class	Aquatic baby class	8 weeks program of aquatic exercises for infants

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change from Baseline in the Early Motor Development Questionnaire (EMQ) at 8 weeks	Baseline and 8 weeks	The questionnaire will be conducted on the basis of a ready-made form and in an anonymous manner based on parents' current knowledge of their children's development.; EMQ incorporates parents' certainty in their answers by using a 5-point scale ranging from -2 (the parent is sure the child does not show the behavior yet) to +2 (the parent remembers a particular instance in which the child exhibited the behavior).
Change from Baseline in the Alberta Infant Motor Scale (AIMS) at 8 weeks	Baseline and 8 weeks	The test involving observation of motor development, in which each activity is assessed as existing or not. The sum of the scores from all trials is then placed on a centile grid, the results of which will indicate how many children of a certain age are achieving a given level of motor skills.; During the assessment, the evaluator observes the movements of the child and scores each movement component as either "observed" or "not observed".

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Jozef Pilsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw; 🇵🇱 Warsaw, Poland