Infant Development
Conditions
Keywords
swimming, motor development, infant
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. 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. 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.
Interventions
OTHERAquatic baby class
The intervention will consist of exercises for infants. They will be in the water together with parents
Sponsors
Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education
Study design
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
3 Months to 12 Months
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* infants age 3-12 months
Exclusion criteria
* any disability that would affect motor development
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change from Baseline in the Alberta Infant Motor Scale (AIMS) at 8 weeks | Baseline and 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. |
| Change from Baseline in the Early Motor Development Questionnaire (EMQ) at 8 weeks | Baseline and 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). |
Countries
Poland
Outcome results
None listed