Clinical trials: Physical Activity Promotion
Major Risk Factors for Noncommunicable Diseases
A School-based Prevention Intervention to Promote Wellbeing in Preadolescents
This is a field study aiming to evaluate a school-based prevention intervention, Diario della Salute (DDS).
- Trial name
- DDS (NCT01720199)
- Testing
- Diario della Salute (DDS)
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 2,630 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Azienda Sanitaria Locale CN2 Alba-Bra
Obesity & Overweight, Childhood Obesity
Combined Inspiratory Muscle Training and Functional High-Intensity Interval Training in Boys With Obesity
Childhood obesity is associated with reduced cardiorespiratory fitness, impaired exercise tolerance, and altered respiratory mechanics.
- Trial name
- IMT and HIIT (NCT07810361)
- Testing
- Inspiratory Muscle Training, Functional High-Intensity Interval Training
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Gümüşhane Universıty
Technology Use, Positive Affect
Best Possible Self-Tech for Middle Schoolers
The goal of this pilot clinical trial is to learn if a single-session writing exercise (i.e., Best Possible Self-Tech) can improve positive affect and prosocial technology use in a community sample of eighth graders.
- Trial name
- NCT07540819
- Testing
- Best Possible Self-Tech
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oregon
Healthy
Physical Activity and Gut Microbiota in Children (PA-Microbiome Kids)
This study evaluates the effect of a 16-week moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) program on physical fitness and gut microbiota in healthy school-aged children.
- Trial name
- PA-Microbiome (NCT07310654)
- Testing
- 16-week Structured MVPA Program, Attention Control Sedentary Activities
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 113 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aiyoudong Children and Youth Sports Health Research Institute
Pregnant Women
Adapted Physical Activity to Promote Quality of Life, Well-being and Physical Activity Levels in Pregnant Women (WELL-DONE!Study)
The aim of the WELL-DONE! Study is to co-design, using different professional figures (midwives, psychologists, master's degree in motor science) but also taking into consideration the pregnant women's point of view, an…
- Trial name
- WELL-DONE! (NCT04735146)
- Testing
- Adapted physical activity
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- First Cycle Degree in Midwifery in collaboration with the Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sc
Physical Activity
Physical Activity Promotion in Children Using a Novel Smartphone Game: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
Increasing physical activity is critical for children's overall health. Smartphone apps using gamification has shown promise to increasing physical activity using game techniques.
- Trial name
- NCT04593199
- Testing
- Gamified Smartphone App, Physical activity tracking app
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 160 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Victoria
Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviors
School Intervention Program to Promote Healthy Lifestyle Among Male Adolescent Students in King Faisal Residential City, Jeddah, Western Region, 2014-15
Through a cluster randomized control trial, 148 male adolescents' students were randomly assigned into either intervention group who received an educational program for two months (n=79), or control groups (n=69) who didn't…
- Conditions
- Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviors, Dietary Habits, Obesity
- Trial name
- NCT03885700
- Testing
- Educational program for 2 months
- Volunteers
- 148 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- King Abdullah International Medical Research Center
Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior
Moving To Business: Promoting Physical Activity and Reducing Sedentary Behavior in Office-based Companies in Finland
The participants are twelve small or middle-sized companies. Baseline information about the company's practices and employees' physical activity is collected in November 2013 with questionnaires and accelerometers.
- Conditions
- Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, Work Ability
- Trial name
- MTB (NCT01999205)
- Testing
- Physical activity promotion
- Where
- Finland
- Volunteers
- 396 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- UKK Institute
Parenting Practices, Co-parenting Practices
The Good Start Matters - Parenting Program
Early childhood is an important period where the family can support the development and maintenance of healthy eating and active behaviors to prevent or reduce childhood obesity.
- Conditions
- Parenting Practices, Co-parenting Practices, Child Eating and Dietary Behaviors, Child Physical Activity/active Play/outdoor Play
- Trial name
- NCT05802160
- Testing
- Good Start Matters - Parenting intervention
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 118 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Physical Activity
Use of Motivational Interviewing for Promotion of Physical Activity During Pregnancy
We conducted a randomized control trial to assess the differences in the increase in PA among pregnant women who were included in the online social media intervention (Facebook group), the combination of online social media…
- Trial name
- NCT04033016
- Testing
- motivational interviewing, online social media intervention
- Where
- Serbia
- Volunteers
- 188 people
- Sponsor
- University of Belgrade
Child Obesity
More Outside Your Door: a Diet/physical Activity Intervention to Decrease Risk of Obesity in Alaska Native Preschoolers
The preschool age is a crucial period of growth and an optimal time to begin to establish healthy eating and physical activity habits leading to better food and activity choices into adulthood, thereby minimizing risk for…
- Trial name
- MOYD (NCT06303544)
- Testing
- Wedge 1
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 450 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
Physical Activity
Data Coaching Process to Address Staff Physical Activity Promoting Behavior and Child Physical Activity
The goal of this study is to determine whether a data coaching process called Out of School Time Coach (OST-Coach) can increase child physical activity (PA) behavior, perceived motor competence, and staff PA-promoting practices.
- Trial name
- NCT07195409
- Testing
- Out of School Time Coach (OST-Coach)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kansas State University
Adolescent Behavior, Physical Activity
New Technologies as a Tool for Health Promotion in Schoolchildren of Compulsory Secondary Education
The rapid development of new technologies could be one of the causes that has favored changes in the lifestyle habits of young people.
- Conditions
- Adolescent Behavior, Physical Activity, New Technologies
- Trial name
- NCT04860128
- Testing
- Sports technology application
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia
Physical Activity, Activity Play
Active Play in After School Programs
Background: Physical activity (PA) is a key component in health promotion and prevention of overweight. Interventions delivered in after-school programs (ASP) have the potential to become a means of ensuring PA among young…
- Conditions
- Physical Activity, Activity Play, Motor Activity, Quality of Life
- Trial name
- NCT02954614
- Testing
- Active play in after school programs (ASP)
- Volunteers
- 456 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oslo Metropolitan University
Health Promotion, Health Education
ePlatform for Promoting Health in Schools
There are few public health and educational policies specifically aimed at promoting physical activity, healthy dietary habits, and reducing sedentary behaviour among adolescents from socially disadvantaged backgrounds.
- Conditions
- Health Promotion, Health Education, Physical Activity, Nutrition
- Trial name
- ePro-Schools (NCT06792461)
- Testing
- Physical activity and nutritional behavioural intervention
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fundació Sant Joan de Déu
Overweight, Obesity
Community Park-Based Programs for Health Promotion: Fit2Play Prospective Cohort Study
The Fit2Play prospective cohort study examines the effects of a park-based youth physical activity afterschool program on youth participant fitness and mental health outcomes.
- Conditions
- Overweight, Obesity, Hypertension, Prehypertension
- Trial name
- F2P (NCT06595251)
- Testing
- Fit2Play curriculum
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 5,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Autism, Autism Spectrum Disorder
Promoting Emotional and Autonomic Control Through Guided Breathing Exercises for Emerging Adults With Autism
This study examines the impact of guided breathing exercises on stress and heart rate variability (HRV) in autistic young adults.
- Trial name
- PEACE-A (NCT07238153)
- Testing
- Guided breathing exercise - SPB, Guided breathing exercise - HRV-BF
- Where
- 2 sites in Belgium
- Volunteers
- 68 people
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Social Activity, Mental Wellbeing
Evaluability and Feasibility of the eHOOD Intervention
The goal of this feasibility study is to learn how to best evaluate the eHOOD intervention of-fered to adolescents in lower secondary education with psycho-social challenges. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1.
- Conditions
- Social Activity, Mental Wellbeing, Loneliness
- Trial name
- NCT07489365
- Testing
- eHOOD
- Where
- 2 sites in Denmark
- Volunteers
- 22 people
- Sponsor
- Center for Clinical Research and Prevention
Physical Activity
The "Great Live and Move Challenge" Among Children Aged 7-11 Years
The Great Live and Move Challenge (GLMC) study is a 2-year cluster-randomized controlled trial designed to evaluate a multilevel and theory-based intervention to promote PA practice in children aged 7-11 years from French primary…
- Trial name
- NCT04511585
- Testing
- Great Live and Move Challenge
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 5,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institut du Cancer de Montpellier - Val d'Aurelle
Socioemotional Development, Physical Activity
Newenkantun: a Play-based Program to Promote Socioemotional Learning in Early Childhood Education in Chile.
What is this study about? This study will test a program called "Newenkantun" (which refers to a hand-strength game in Mapuche culture) designed to help young children develop important social and emotional skills through play…
- Conditions
- Socioemotional Development, Physical Activity, Sleep, Motor Skills
- Trial name
- Newenkantun (NCT07871929)
- Testing
- Teacher Professional Development, Parent/guardian support, Play-Based Activities and Environmental Modifications
- Where
- 2 sites in Chile
- Volunteers
- 240 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad de La Frontera