The Impact of Water Activities on Motor Development in Infants

NCT06180330 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 01-47/2023
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 43
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

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. 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. 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.

Conditions

Infant Development

Keywords

swimming; motor development; infant

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Change from Baseline in the Alberta Infant Motor Scale (AIMS) at 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".

  Baseline and 8 weeks

• Change from Baseline in the Early Motor Development Questionnaire (EMQ) at 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).

  Baseline and 8 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Aquatic baby class

EXPERIMENTAL

8 weeks program of aquatic exercises for infants

Other: Aquatic baby class

No intervention

NO INTERVENTION

No intervention

Interventions

Aquatic baby class OTHER

The intervention will consist of exercises for infants. They will be in the water together with parents

Aquatic baby class

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 3 Months - 12 Months
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• infants age 3-12 months

You may not qualify if:

• any disability that would affect motor development

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education: lead

Study Sites (1)

Jozef Pilsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw

Warsaw, 00-968, Poland

Location

Study Design

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

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 12, 2023
• First Posted: December 22, 2023
• Study Start: December 15, 2023
• Primary Completion: March 15, 2024
• Study Completion: March 15, 2024
• Last Updated: May 9, 2024

Record last verified: 2023-12

Locations

PL (1)