The Impact of Activity Breaks on Cognitive Function, Adiposity and Fitness in Preschoolers

NCT04863040 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: PID2019-104160RB-I00
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 522
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Project which objective is a) to test the effectiveness, in preschool children, of an integrated physical activity intervention in the classroom based on intervallic training (MOVI-HIIT) on improving executive function, body composition, cardiorespiratory fitness and b) to evaluate teachers' perceptions of barriers and facilitating elements for the implementation and monitoring of MOVI-HIIT interventions in the classroom.

Conditions

Physical Activity; Obesity; Children; Cardiovascular; High Intensity Interval Training; Cognition

Keywords

Physical activity; Obesity; Children; Cognitive function; Academic achievement; Cardiorespiratory fitness; Adiposity; Cardiovascular fitness; Aerobic capacity; High Intensity Interval Training; Preschool

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• VO2max

  Cardiorespiratory fitness, with the Course Navette or 20-m shuttle run test, validated to measure maximum aerobic capacity in children. It will be carried out according to the Léger protocol. This battery adapts the Course Navette test to children under the age of 6.

  One year

• Executive function

  NIH toolbox battery. 1. Inhibition/Attention by means of the Flanker Inhibitory Control and Attention test. 2. Working memory with the List Sorting Working Memory test. 3. Cognitive flexibility through the DCCS (Dimensional Change Card Sort) test.

  One year

• Body fat percent

  Body fat percentage measured by Bioimpedance analysis

  One year

Secondary Outcomes (10)

• Health-related quality of life - Parents

  One year

• Health-related quality of life - Children

  One year

• Mothers' breastfeeding

  Baseline measurements

• Questionnaire ad-hoc about pregnancy

  Baseline measurements

• Eating habits

  One year

Study Arms (2)

Usual classroom teaching methodology

NO INTERVENTION

Students in the CG will receive mandatory lessons on Spain (one 45-minute session of Psychomotor/Physical Education), and the usual classroom teaching methodology. Teachers in the CG schools will be asked not to make any changes to their methodology during the time of the study, with the promise by the research team to share and explain the MOVI-HIIT materials once the interventions are completed.

Usual classroom teaching methodology + MOVI-HIIT intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

The design of the MOVI-HIIT intervention is framed within the socio-ecological model of behavior modification, in such a way that it will be designed to intervene in the individual, family and school environment. It will have a duration of one school year and will consist of two 5-minute daily physical activity breaks based on intervallic training, five days a week.

Behavioral: MOVI intervention

Interventions

MOVI intervention BEHAVIORAL

Each HIIT break will last approximately 5 minutes and will not require any specific materials. The structure of the HIIT-Rest will be as follows: 1' to describe the work to be done; 3' of work following the HIIT protocol: 6 repetitions of a functional movement such as squats, Jumping Jack or running on site for 10" at high intensity (85-90% of HR max) followed by 20" of recovery (65-75% of HR max); and 1' to perform a return to calm in order to lower the activation and prepare the student body to return to class activities. To increase the workload, and after evaluation of cardiorespiratory capacity, after 12 weeks of program, the HIIT protocol will be changed to 20" of high intensity work alternating with 10" of recovery.

Also known as: MOVI-HIIT

Usual classroom teaching methodology + MOVI-HIIT intervention

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 4 Years - 6 Years
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Schools in the province of Ciudad Real with at least one class (classroom) at each level (2nd and 3rd of preschool education), and in which the School Board gives its approval to the interventions and to the basal and final evaluations.
• The participating schoolchildren must belong to the 2nd and 3rd year of preschool education, not have any malformation that prevents them from learning the Spanish language (or Spanish sign language), not have any type of physical or mental disorder that parents and/or teachers have identified that prevents the performance of physical activities, not suffer from any chronic disease such as heart disease, diabetes or asthma that, according to the criteria of their pediatrician - after analysis of the program of activities - prevents their participation in them.
• As this is an intervention in the classroom, the school faculty will include the active breaks proposed in the center's programming, for which reason the intervention will be received by all the children in each IG school. However, we will consider school participants to be those who have the consent of the parent or guardian for participation in the study. In addition, schoolchildren must verbally express their willingness to participate in the baseline and final physical examinations.

You may not qualify if:

• Children with severe Spanish language learning difficulties.
• Children with serious physical or mental disorders identified by parents or teachers that would impede participation in the programme's activities.
• Children diagnoses of chronic disorders, such as heart disease, diabetes or asthma, which in the opinion of their paediatricians would prevent their participation in the programme's activities (MOVI-HIIT).

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Castilla-La Mancha: lead
• Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Spain: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Social and Health Research Center. Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha

Cuenca, 16071, Spain

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Motor Activity; Obesity

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior; Overweight; Overnutrition; Nutrition Disorders; Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases; Body Weight; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

• Mairena Sanchez-Lopez, PhD

  University of Castilla-La Mancha

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 30, 2021
• First Posted: April 28, 2021
• Study Start: June 1, 2020
• Primary Completion: June 1, 2023
• Study Completion: June 1, 2024
• Last Updated: June 4, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-06

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

ES (1)