NCT06180330

The Impact of Water Activities on Motor Development in Infants

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 43 (actual)
• Sponsor: Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 3 Months – 12 Months
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

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.

Conditions

• Infant Development

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Aquatic baby class	The intervention will consist of exercises for infants. They will be in the water together with parents

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-12-15
• Primary completion: 2024-03-15
• Completion: 2024-03-15
• First posted: 2023-12-22
• Last updated: 2024-05-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Poland