Gamified Family-based Health Exercise Intervention to Improve Adherence to 24-h Movement Behaviors Recommendations in Children. (Move On)

Gamified Exercise Intervention to Improve Children's Adherence to 24-hour Movement Recommendations in a Family-Based Health Setting: "3,2,1 Move on Crossover Study".

Physical inactivity is the fourth most important risk factor for mortality worldwide and it contributes to weight gain and obesity. On the contrary, it is established that regular physical activity is a prevention and managerial factor of these non-communicable diseases. Therefore, the goal of this study is to design and evaluate the effectiveness of a 12-week physical exercise and lifestyle improvement training program carried out in a family environment, through a web platform, and with "online" supervision. This platform will improve the physical conditioning and adherence to PE in a "family environment", and to promote good development of the child through physical activities and exercises that can be done as a family at home and/or outside.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Obesity, Childhood; Sedentary Behavior; Physical Inactivity
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Gamified exercise training; Behavioral: Standard Care

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 100
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Spain
  • Navarra
    • Pamplona, Navarra, Spain, 31006
      • Navarrabiomed, Universidad Pública de Navarra

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 4 years to 5 years (Child)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Participants without any physical or mental disorders that would prevent them from completing the assessments tests or participating in the exercise intervention program
• One parent/guardian must answer the questionnaires
• Informed consent from the participants parent(s)/guardian(s)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Participants with psychiatric disorders or chronic illness that limits their participation in physical activities
• Participants who do not comply with the established procedures
• Participants who do not understand the Spanish language

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Crossover Assignment
• Masking: Double

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Gamified online exercise in a family environment; Strength training Resistance training Flexibility training Basic motor skills training Executive function training	Behavioral: Gamified exercise training; Participants will complete a 2-days-a-week online training routine with their families: Each session will include a Warm-Up/Activation phase (3 minutes: light intensity continuous training), a Training phase (10-26 minutes: 6-12 repetitions, 20-40" of work, 10-20" recovery), and a Cool Down phase (3 minutes: static and dynamic exercises). The exercises will be different each week and will increase in length and intensity accordingly. The sessions will be supervised by the participants parent(s) and/or guardian(s).
Active Comparator: Standard care Non-supervised daily routines/activities; Non-supervised daily routines/activities	Behavioral: Standard Care; This group will be allocated to standard care and therefore no gamified online exercise training will be provided. They will continue to perform their daily routine/activities including their basic motor skills classes at school and their extracurricular sports and/or cultural activities.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Changes in 24-h movement behaviors (accelerometers) sedentary time.	During their visit to Navarrabiomed, participants will receive a (GENEActiv, Activinsights, Kimbolton, UK) accelerometer that will objectively measure their 24-hour movement behaviors (physical activity, sedentary behaviors, and sleep). The participants will wear the accelerometer for seven consecutive days. Additionally, this accelerometer data will be supplemented with a diary to validate sleep time and (non)wear time.	Baseline, 12 Week, and 24 Week

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Changes in body composition.	Body composition measured with bioelectrical impedance (fat mass and body mass).	Baseline, 12 Week, and 24 Week
Changes in muscle composition.	Muscle composition measured with ultrasound of the thigh/quadriceps/recto femoral.	Baseline, 12 Week, and 24 Week
Changes in health-related physical fitness.	Health-related physical fitness measured, among other tests from the PREFIT battery, with the 20-meter shuttle run test, the handgrip test and the 4x10 speed agility test.	Baseline, 12 Week, and 24 Week
Changes in Basic Motor Skills.	Measured with the MOBAK-KG Battery with tests such as the long jump or balance over an inverted beam. MOBAK-KG sum score ranging from 0 (lowest basic motor competencies) to 16 points (highest basic motor competencies).	Baseline, 12 Week, and 24 Week
Changes in 24-h movement behaviors (self-reported).	Self-report of physical activity levels and sedentary behaviors in youth will assessed by the Youth Activity Profile - Spain. In this questionnaire, a rating scale is used with a score from 1 to 5 in which, in the first two sections, "1" indicates low intensity and frequency of physical activity and "5" indicates high intensity and frequency of physical activity; while, in the third section, "1" indicates a low amount of sedentary behaviors and "5" an excess of them.	Baseline, 12 Week, and 24 Week
Changes in executive function.	Measured with "Early Tools" games (Years Toolbox YET-2017).	Baseline, 12 Week, and 24 Week
Changes in Child Self-Regulation & Behavior.	Measured with CSBQ (Child Self-Regulation & Behavior Questionnaire). Parents will be asked to think about their child's behavior during the past 6 months, and to choose whether each statement was: Not true (1), Somewhat true (2), Certainly true (3), or Can't say (4).	Baseline, 12 Week, and 24 Week
Changes in quality of life.	Kiddy-KINDL will be used to assess the health-related quality of life in children.	Baseline, 12 Week, and 24 Week

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Universidad Pública de Navarra
• Collaborators: European Regional Development Fund; NAVARRABIOMED; Gobierno de Navarra Departamento de Salud; Centro Atención Primaria de Iturrama
• Investigators: Study Chair: Alicia Mª Alonso Martínez, Ph.D, Universidad Pública de Navarra

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): November 1, 2022
• Primary Completion (Actual): May 31, 2023
• Study Completion (Actual): December 31, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: February 3, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 14, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): February 23, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 25, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 28, 2025
• Last Verified: February 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Lack of physical fitness; Low levels of Basic Motor Skills
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Nutrition Disorders; Overnutrition; Body Weight; Overweight; Obesity; Pediatric Obesity
• Other Study ID Numbers: PI_2021/111

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No