Physical Activity Intervention in Preschool Children

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Healthy Volunteers
• Interventions: Behavioral: Physical Activity

• Registration Number: NCT02524132
• Lead Sponsor: Mayo Clinic

Brief Summary

In this research project, the investigators addressed if incorporating physical movements with preschoolers will help increase their ability to retain concepts learned in preschool such as letter, sound and number recognition. Movement plays an important role in the brain. Exercise shows many benefits for the brain to help maintain clearer thought, improve memory, and increase activity in the brain, especially the areas involved in memory, attention, and language. The following research includes an eight week study of the implementation of movement breaks with one preschool class, while using another class as a control group. During the two weeks of baseline data, data was collected from every student in both groups on their letter recognition with both upper and lower case, letter sound identification, and number recognition for numbers 0-10. The group that implemented movement breaks had three-five minute scheduled times to stop for movement. Data was collected and compared between the two groups to find differences in their academic performance.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-09
• Primary Completion: 2012-05
• Status Verified: 2015-08
• Study Completion: 2015-08
• Study First Submitted: 2015-08-12
• Study First Submitted QC: 2015-08-13
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-08-13
• Study First Posted: 2015-08-14
• Last Update Posted: 2015-08-14

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 25

Inclusion Criteria

• Enrolled preschool student

Exclusion Criteria

• Enrolled in multiple preschool classes

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Physical Activity	Physical Activity	5 minute movement breaks

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Number recognition as measured by an Academic Growth Assessment	8 wks
Letter recognition as measured by an Academic Growth Assessment	8 wks
Sound recognition as measured by an Academic Growth Assessment	8 wks
Physical Activity as measured by a Modular Signal Recorder Accelerometer	8 wks

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Hamline University; 🇺🇸 St. Paul, Minnesota, United States