Combined Movement and Storytelling Intervention on Physical Performance in Children

NCT06016296 | Recruiting DMC

• 1 other identifier: 105/2021
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 144
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study protocol aims to analyze and compare the effects of combined movement and storytelling intervention (CMSI) on fundamental motor skills (locomotor skills and object control), language development (language comprehension, language expression, vocabulary and language description), and physical activity levels (light, moderate to vigorous intensity, and sedentary time) in children aged 3 to 6 years. The sample will consist of 144 children of 12 classes group, randomly assigned to 3 experimental groups (n= 72 children) and 3 control groups (n= 72 children), belonging to 4 classes group of upper middle level classes (2 experimental and 2 control), 4 transition level 1 classes (2 experimental and 2 control) and 4 transition level 2 classes (2 experimental and 2 control). The experimental groups will perform the CMSI for 3 sessions (40-minute per session) per week over 12-weeks (using one motor story per week), while the control groups will not receive any treatment. The main outcome will provide information about fundamental motor skills, language development, and physical activity levels. It is hypothesized that the CMSI has the potential to generate significant increases in selected assessments. If this intervention proves to be beneficial, if could contribute to preschoolers children curricula.

Conditions

Preschool Children

Keywords

Motor Skills; Language Acquisition; Exercise; Preschool; Child

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Change from fundamental Motor Skills

  It will be assessed by means of the test of gross motor development-second edition (TGMD-2). This battery measures 12 fundamental motor skilss in two different domains (locomotor skills and object control), the locomotor skills domain contains 6 assessments: (i) running, (ii) galloping, (iii) hopping on one foot, (iv) long jumping, (v) horizontal jumping and, (vi) lateral sliding. The object control domain also includes 6 assessments: (i) batting a stationary ball, (ii) stationary dribbling, (iii) catching a ball, (iv) kicking a ball, (v) throwing a ball and, (vi) rolling a ball. Estimated administration time is ≤ 10 minutes per children. The 6 locomotion skills and 6 object control include 24 criteria, allowing a total score from 0 to 48 points. The higher score, better FMS.

  2 weeks

• Change from language development

  The language test for preschoolers (TELEPRE), will be used. The purpose of this assessment is to measure the language of children in initial educational levels (3 to 6 years old) by means of 4 domains: (i) language comprehension, (ii) language expression, (iii) vocabulary and, (iv) language description. The administration of the instrument requires a booklet of questions, some objects (bottle, toy car, pencil, plate, needle, cup, paintbrush, screw, sponge, small ball, button, small book, spoon, scissors, matchbox; plus, three objects that serve as distractors) and 3 representative pictures of situations (i.e., serving milk to a cat, setting the table and being in a toy store) to be described by the child. To administer the instrument, a room free of disturbing noises is required, in which the evaluator, the child and a classroom assistant will be present. The estimated application time is ≤ 25 minutes. The higher score, better language development.

  2 weeks

• Change from physical activity level

  It will be objectively monitored by accelerometers (ActiGraph GT9X, Pensacola, FL, USA). The device will be worn at the waist on an elastic belt, at the mid-axillary line on the right side. Children will be instructed to wear the accelerometer 24 hours a day, for at least 7 days, including 2 weekend days, and only removed the device when bathing or engaged in water activities. The minimum amount of data considered acceptable for analysis purposes will be 5 days (including one weekend day), with at least 10 hours/day of wear time. Light, moderate to vigorous intensity, and sedentary time will be considered to analysis, while sleep time will be not taken into account. Data will be verified using Actilife software version 5.6 (ActiGraph, Pensacola, FL, USA). Consecutive 20-min blocks of 0 count will considered as non-use of the device and discarded from the analyses.

  2 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (5)

• Bipedal height

  2 weeks

• Circumferences and skinfolds

  2 weeks

• Sociodemographic Variables

  2 weeks

• Body weight

  2 weeks

• Body mass index

  2 weeks

Study Arms (6)

Upper middle level experimental groups

EXPERIMENTAL

The intervention will be implemented by early childhood educators, who will be previously trained in Combined Movement and Storytelling Intervention (CMSI). Each session will take place in the classroom where the preschoolers usually attend, which will depend on the admission policies of each educational community regarding to level classes (upper middle). The intervention will last 12 weeks (36 sessions), distributed in 3 weekly sessions (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) of 40 minutes per session. The CMSI is based on 2 previous studies, and a book related to CMSI. Twelve unpublished motor stories were elaborated, of which one per week will be executed distributed in 3 sessions per week with the corresponding progressions for each session carried out, placing the children in a sequence of stories that begin with the presentation of a motivating character that will accompany children's in the development of the whole story.

Other: Combined Movement and Storytelling Intervention

Upper middle level control groups

NO INTERVENTION

The upper middle level control groups (n= 2 classes; n= 24 children) will participate in the assessments (initial and final) and will be asked to maintain their regular session of their educational establishments. At the end of the intervention period (according to the results obtained), the control groups children, parents and/or legal guardians, managers and coordinators of each community will be contacted and provided with the material so that they can replicate the experience. In addition, the educators of these establishments (teachers and classroom assistants) will be trained in the CMSI strategy.

Transition level 1 experimental groups

EXPERIMENTAL

The intervention will be implemented by early childhood educators, who will be previously trained in Combined Movement and Storytelling Intervention (CMSI). Each session will take place in the classroom where the preschoolers usually attend, which will depend on the admission policies of each educational community regarding to level classes (transition level 1). The intervention will last 12 weeks (36 sessions), distributed in 3 weekly sessions (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) of 40 minutes per session. The CMSI is based on 2 previous studies, and a book related to CMSI. Twelve unpublished motor stories were elaborated, of which one per week will be executed distributed in 3 sessions per week with the corresponding progressions for each session carried out, placing the children in a sequence of stories that begin with the presentation of a motivating character that will accompany children's in the development of the whole story.

Other: Combined Movement and Storytelling Intervention

Transition level 1 control groups

NO INTERVENTION

The transition level 1 control groups (n= 2 classes; n= 24 children) will participate in the assessments (initial and final) and will be asked to maintain their regular session of their educational establishments. At the end of the intervention period (according to the results obtained), the control groups children, parents and/or legal guardians, managers and coordinators of each community will be contacted and provided with the material so that they can replicate the experience. In addition, the educators of these establishments (teachers and classroom assistants) will be trained in the CMSI strategy.

Transition level 2 experimental groups

EXPERIMENTAL

The intervention will be implemented by early childhood educators, who will be previously trained in Combined Movement and Storytelling Intervention (CMSI). Each session will take place in the classroom where the preschoolers usually attend, which will depend on the admission policies of each educational community regarding to level classes (transition level 2). The intervention will last 12 weeks (36 sessions), distributed in 3 weekly sessions (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) of 40 minutes per session. The CMSI is based on 2 previous studies, and a book related to CMSI. Twelve unpublished motor stories were elaborated, of which one per week will be executed distributed in 3 sessions per week with the corresponding progressions for each session carried out, placing the children in a sequence of stories that begin with the presentation of a motivating character that will accompany children's in the development of the whole story.

Other: Combined Movement and Storytelling Intervention

Transition level 2 control groups

NO INTERVENTION

The transition level 2 control groups (n= 2; n= 24 children) will participate in the assessments (initial and final) and will be asked to maintain their regular session of their educational establishments. At the end of the intervention period (according to the results obtained), the control groups children, parents and/or legal guardians, managers and coordinators of each community will be contacted and provided with the material so that they can replicate the experience. In addition, the educators of these establishments (teachers and classroom assistants) will be trained in the CMSI strategy.

Interventions

Combined Movement and Storytelling Intervention OTHER

The 40-minute sessions will include three moments: (i) warm-up (5 minutes), which consists of joint mobility exercises and introduction to the motor story of the week; (ii) main part (25 minutes), which incorporates the narration of the motor story by the educator initially, as well as the participation of the children, through their own corporeality with movements based mainly on FMS (locomotion skills and object control) and two way verbal interaction based on questions allusive to the narration delivered by the educator or direct verbal participation cast by each child and; (iii) cool down (10 minutes), where space is provided for the children to gradually return to calm, together with feedback on the contents addressed during the session.

Also known as: Physical fitness

Transition level 1 experimental groups; Transition level 2 experimental groups; Upper middle level experimental groups

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 3 Years - 6 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Be enrolled in the educational center (school, college or kindergarten) that commits to participate in the intervention.
• Age range between 3 to 6 years old.
• Attend ≥ 85% of the sessions scheduled for the CMSI.

You may not qualify if:

• Children with musculoskeletal injuries or medical contraindications (i.e., congenital heart disease, fever, diarrhea or general malaise) that would prevent their normal performance in the assessments and intervention.
• Children with permanent educational needs mentioned in Decree Nº83 of the Chilean Ministry of Education, such as, visual, hearing, intellectual or multiple disabilities, dysphasia or autistic disorder.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Universidad Católica del Maule: lead

Study Sites (1)

Poliderportivo San Clemente

San Clemente, Maule Region, 3460000, Chile

RECRUITING

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Related Links

• Chilean Ministry of Education. Diversificacion de la enseñanza
• Test of gross motor development-2
• Prueba de Desarrollo del Lenguaje para Pre-Escolares TELEPRE 1

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Motor Activity

Interventions

Physical Fitness

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena; Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena; Health; Population Characteristics

Study Officials

• Pablo Valdés-Badilla, PhD

  Universidad Católica del Maule

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Pablo Valdés-Badilla, PhD

CONTACT

+56971258824; valdesbadilla@gmail.com

Rodrigo Vargas-Vitoria, PhD

CONTACT

+56 71 298 6000; rvargas@ucm.cl

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: TRIPLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Masking Details: The assessments will be scheduled two weeks before and after the intervention with a team of evaluators who will not have information about the training groups, nor will the participants know their identities. That is, a double-blind shield
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Academic-Researcher of Department of Physical Activity Sciences

Model Details: The study includes an experimental design (randomized controlled trial), double-blind, with repeated measures, parallel groups and a quantitative approach.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 22, 2023
• First Posted: August 29, 2023
• Study Start: March 14, 2024
• Primary Completion: September 14, 2024
• Study Completion: April 15, 2025
• Last Updated: August 9, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-08

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

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