E66.09
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: Arm 1: The movement therapy procedures are based on the concept of the Heidelberg ball school (Roth & Kröger, 2005, 2011) and aimed for mediating having fun while being physically active and
Sponsors
Institut für Sport und Sportwissenschaft
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
6 Years to 12 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Age-appropriate body weight above the 90th percentile; age between 6 and 10 years old, respectively attending primary school; exclusion from general diseases after being examined in the clinic for child – and youth medical care; sufficient motivation also alongside with their parents; adequate understanding of the German language; letter of agreement by a legal guardian for taking part in the study
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Exclusion of somatic cause of adiposity; Exclusion of a relevant somatic disease; Exclusion of regular administration of medication; Mental retardation
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The goals can be explained by the following hypotheses: Effectivity hypothesis I: There is an expected correlation between weight reduction and an improvement of the functional (flow-mediated vasodilatation), morphologic (intima media thickness) and biochemical parameters (lipid profile, insulin resistance, hs-CRP). Effectivity hypothesis II: There is an expected correlation between the improved function of the endothelium and the increased amount of physical activity or change in nutrition. Determination of the flow-mediated vasodilatation (FMD) und intima media thickness (IMT): Measurements were taken with high resolution ultrasonic sound with an integrated ECG (Kretz Voluson 730). A 12 MHz receiving transducer with a 0,1 mm resolution and a penetration depth of maximum 7,5 cm was used to take measurements from the brachial artery and carotids. The calculation of the lumen diameter results from the method of Wendelhag, information for the breadboard model is provided by Celemayer. FMD: The subjects were measured fasting between 8 and 10 o’clock with at least 10 min of rest prior to the examination, first measurement after the rest, then a hyper systolic compression of 5 min, post ischemic scan 45, 90, 120 sec. after releasing the blood pressure cuff measured three times to determine the mean value. IMT: Measuring the distance between the intima lumen and the media adventitia. The measurement took place on both sides at four different locations: carotid artery communis, Bifukation, carotid artery interna. IMT: mean value out of 8 measurements. In addition BMI, blood pressure and different blood values were measured. The analyses were made at baseline and half a year later after the intervention. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The sports scientific primary outcome criteria are differentiated in assumptions of overall motor skills and sport specific skills. The overall motor skills are expected to improve, e.g. the fine motor skills and general motor abilities and endurance, as well as psychosocial features such as the ability to concentrate or the self-concept. Advance in sport specific abilities like ball coordination, technical and tactical skills are expected as well. In order to identify cardiopulmonary endurance performance capacity, the subjects had to perform a 6 minute run (Bös et al., 2001), to identify overall body coordination the subjects had to perform the body coordination test for children (BCC) (“Körperkoordinationstest für Kinder KTK”) by Schilling (1974). The motor test for four to six year old children (MOT 4-6) was applied to determine fine motor skills, this is a method to diagnose the stage of development of motor skills of kindergarten aged children (Zimmer & Volkamer, 1987). The MOT 4-6 consists of 18 tasks, 5 were selected in order to test the fine motor skills and ability to respond. Three exercises were selected from the diagnostic inventory of basic motor skills (DMB), to determine eye-hand-coordination, respectively visual motor skills combined with fine motor skills (Eggert, 2008). A total score of the fine motor skills was put together each out of the three exercises from the MOT 4-6 and DMB for statistical analysis. To determine the subjects’ performance in game sports, the children were put into small groups and took part in three games with different demands (hand, racket, foot), each game lasted for ten minutes. In order to analyze the game performance, the modified rating scale by Scholl (1986) was applied. The peer acceptance, the cognitive competence and the competence in sports was determined with the pictorial scale of perceived competence and social acceptance in the German version (PSCA-D)(Asendorf & Aken,1993). In this present study, body awarene | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactUlrike Hegar
Institut für Sport und Sportwissenschaft
Outcome results
None listed