NCT04612647

Fit Families Program: Fundamental Motor Skill Intervention in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders and Their Parents

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 41 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Wisconsin, Madison · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 4 Years – 11 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The investigators aim to identify the effect of a 12-week fundamental motor skills (FMS) (e.g., throwing, catching, running) intervention on the active participation in physical recreation activities and a variety of other factors (child behaviors, communication, and adaptive skills) and to identify patterns, benefits, constraints, and strategies to active participation in physical recreation activities among families of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) (pre-post) through in-person or via phone interviews with parents and children with ASD.

Detailed description

Participants will be randomly assigned to one of three protocols: 1) Workshop group, 2) Home-based group, and 3) wait-listed home-based group. Participants in all groups will receive an activity booklet and physical education-related activity items (e.g., ball, hoop). The hypothesis is that both the workshop and home-based groups will improve in all measures from pre to post compared to the wait-list control group. The investigators want to determine if the differences in the workshop and home-based groups differ significantly or are equitable in terms of gains in all areas. Note: Due to COVID-19 for the post-test, instead of parents attending the UW-Facilities, they will be asked to videotape themselves and their children while performing the test of gross motor development (TGMD) activities. For the follow-up test (Fall 2020) we will expect to conduct these in person. However, if the situation due to COVID-19 remains the same, the investigators will ask families to follow the same procedures (videotape themselves and their children).

Conditions

• Autism Spectrum Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	12-week FMS Intervention	4 sessions, no more than 3 hours per session covering 1) Sensory Integration, 2) Communication, 3) Aquatic Opportunities, and 4) Physical activity and Sports (during intervention)
BEHAVIORAL	Physical Activities & Activity Booklets	expected to engage in physical activity at least 3 hours per week

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-01-02
• Primary completion: 2020-05-24
• Completion: 2020-05-24
• First posted: 2020-11-03
• Last updated: 2020-11-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States