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Feasibility, acceptability and potential efficacy of group tummy time exercise classes to promote tummy time among infants

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Obesity
Plagiocephaly
Motor Development delay
Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Physiotherapy
Diet and Nutrition - Obesity
Reproductive Health and Childbirth - Childbirth and postnatal care
Musculoskeletal - Other muscular and skeletal disorders
Registration Number
ACTRN12617001298303
Lead Sponsor
Early Start, University of Wollongong
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
35
Inclusion Criteria

Mothers and their healthy infants (does not have a medical condition that affects their functional ability) who attend the mother's group will be recruited (babies aged from birth)

Exclusion Criteria

An infant who has a medical condition that affects their functional ability

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Time spent in tummy time as measured by a wearable accelerometer which has been validated to measure time spent by an infant (0-6months) in different positions.[Pre intervention, post intervention and 1 month post intervention. Infants will wear the device at each stage for 3, 24 hour periods over 1 week. ]
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
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