RECRUITING

Exercise Training in Children With Communication Impairments

Study Overview

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Description

This clinical trial study has two goals. The first goal is to establish fitness levels, participation in physical activities, and fine/gross motor abilities for children with development language disorder (DLD). DLD occurs in 1/13 children and children with DLD often have poorer fine/gross motor skills than those with typical development. The second goal is to determine whether physical exercise helps children with DLD and typical development to learn better and improve fitness and fine/gross motor abilities more than participating in restful play activities. All children (DLD and typically developing) will undergo communication, fine/gross motor and fitness testing. Children will be randomly assigned to participate in an exercise program (n =20) or to a restful play program (n = 20). Both programs will take place 3x/week for 6 weeks and children will only participate in one of the two programs. Children in the exercise program will do activities to train cardiovascular fitness, agility, balance, strength, and endurance while children in the restful play condition will do things like play with legos and color. Researchers will compare changes in learning tasks and fitness levels for children (DLD and typically developing) who participated in the exercise program vs. restful play program.

Official Title

Exercise as Treatment in Children With Communication Impairments

Quick Facts

Study Start:2024-06-12
Study Completion:2025-03-31
Study Type:Not specified
Phase:Not Applicable
Enrollment:Not specified
Status:RECRUITING

Study ID

NCT06340893

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Ages Eligible for Study:6 Years to 8 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study:ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:Yes
Standard Ages:CHILD
Inclusion CriteriaExclusion Criteria
  1. Age 18 years or older
  2. Willing and able to provide informed consent
  3. Able to understand and follow study procedures
  4. Stable medical condition
  1. * (1) diagnosis of disorder that significantly affects social interactions (e.g., autism), as per referral diagnosis or which is identified during initial screening or assessment phase
  2. * (2) vision impairments that prevent participation in our experimental protocol
  3. * (3) inability for any reason to participate in assessment and/or treatment protocols

Contacts and Locations

Study Contact

Jenya Iuzzini-Seigel, PhD
CONTACT
414-288-1529
jenya.iuzzini-seigel@marquette.edu
Sandra Hunter, PhD
CONTACT
414-288-6673
sandra.hunter@marquette.edu

Principal Investigator

Jenya Iuzzini-Seigel, PhD
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Marquette University

Study Locations (Sites)

Marquette U
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53201
United States

Collaborators and Investigators

Sponsor: Marquette University

  • Jenya Iuzzini-Seigel, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Marquette University

Study Record Dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Registration Dates

Study Start Date2024-06-12
Study Completion Date2025-03-31

Study Record Updates

Study Start Date2024-06-12
Study Completion Date2025-03-31

Terms related to this study

Keywords Provided by Researchers

  • developmental language disorder
  • exercise
  • learning
  • word learning
  • fitness

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

  • Developmental Language Disorder