Manville Moves: an Exercise Intervention for Behavioral Regulation Among Children With Behavioral Health Challenges

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Autistic Disorder, Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders, Anxiety Disorders, Mood Disorders, Conduct Disorder, Oppositional Defiant Disorder

In brief

The purpose of this study is to examine whether an exergaming, aerobic physical education (PE) curriculum is acceptable and elicits improvements in behavioral self-regulation and classroom functioning among children with behavioral health challenges attending a therapeutic day school. After following an approved consent/assent process, children attending the school were randomized by classroom to take part in either 7 weeks of the experimental PE curriculum, or 7 weeks of the standard PE curriculum; after a 10 week washout period, children then crossed over into the other arm.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02766101

Run by

Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)

People needed

103

Starts

2014-10-01

Expected to finish

2015-04-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-05-09

Who can join

Age: 7 and older, up to 18. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Attending the Manville School at the time of study initiation

You may not qualify if…

• Medical exemption from physical education classes
• Parental opt out from physical education classes

Where it is running

• Judge Baker Children's Center, Manville School — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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