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In preschool children, does a universal movement and psychosocial development program increase the motor ability and social-emotional wellbeing compared with routine curriculum based programs?

In preschool children, does a universal movement and psychosocial development program increase the motor ability and social-emotional wellbeing compared with routine curriculum based programs?

Status
Completed
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ANZCTR
Registry ID
ACTRN12609000869279
Enrollment
540
Registered
2009-10-07
Start date
2009-04-26
Completion date
2010-04-30
Last updated
2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

We will provide a motor and psychosocial intervention to preschool in 6 schools in WA and compare their performance with 6 control schools.

Interventions

The intervention includes: 4 modules on gross motor development - Body management -trunk and lower limb, locomotion, Object Control -throwing, catching and kicking, Body sequencing, 4 modules on fine motor development - body management -trunk and upper limb, fine motor planning, object control -manual skills, hand skills, and 1 module on social/emotional development -promoting laughter and happy feelings, idenification of positive and negative feelings, breathing and relaxation strategies. The

The intervention includes: 4 modules on gross motor development - Body management -trunk and lower limb, locomotion, Object Control -throwing, catching and kicking, Body sequencing, 4 modules on fine motor development - body management -trunk and upper limb, fine motor planning, object control -manual skills, hand skills, and 1 module on social/emotional development -promoting laughter and happy feelings, idenification of positive and negative feelings, breathing and relaxation strategies. The intervention is delivered by a classroom teacher over 10 weeks, with 15 minutes a day, 4 days a week for the gross motor modules; 15 minutes a day, 4 days a week for the fine motor modules, and 15 minutes a week for the social-emotional module.

Sponsors

Curtin University of Technology
Lead SponsorUniversity

Study design

Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Prevention
Masking
Blinded (masking used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
4 Years to 7 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

Preschool child attending government school in low SocioEconomic Status (SES) area

Exclusion criteria

Diagnosed developmental and neurological disorders

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ANZCTR · Data processed: Mar 30, 2026