Clinical trials: Play
Physical Activity, Obesity Prevention
Connect Through PLAY: A Staff-based Physical Activity Intervention for Middle School Youth
The overall goal of the Connect Through Positive Leisure Activities for Youth (PLAY) Project is to improve staff capacity for implementing effective physical activity (PA) programming within middle school after school programs…
- Trial name
- Connect (NCT03732144)
- Testing
- Connect Staff-based PA intervention, Connect Health Curriculum Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,350 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of South Carolina
Childhood Obesity
Reducing Obesity Through Play Among Toddlers: Tiny Steps to Health (TSHS) Study
The purpose of this study is to test various ways to help toddlers develop healthy eating and activity behaviors. Parents and toddlers, who participate in this research will be randomly assigned to either 1) continue their…
- Trial name
- TSHS (NCT06918821)
- Testing
- Healthy Toddler Parent Group (HTPG), Families Understanding Nutrition and Physically Active Lifestyles (FUNPALs) Playgroup
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Houston
Day Surgery
Education for Children Who Will Have Planned Surgery With Web-based and Therapeutic Game Method
This research was planned to determine the effects of the web-based education given at home to children aged 7-12 in planned surgeries and the therapeutic game method applied in the hospital on pre-operative anxiety and fear…
- Trial name
- NCT05320614
- Testing
- Web-Based Education, Routine maintenance Training
- Where
- 2 sites in Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 78 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University
Cerebral Palsy
Biofeedback-enhanced Interactive Computer-play for Youth With Cerebral Palsy
The protocol aims to evaluate the feasibility and potential efficacy of an Interactive Computer Play (ICP) intervention. The ICP intervention is built to help youth with Cerebral palsy (CP) who have difficulty performing…
- Trial name
- NCT03677193
- Testing
- Playing ICP game
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 19 people
- Sponsor
- Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital
Motor Activity
Estimating Energy Expenditure in Active Video Gaming Compared to Unstructured, Outdoor Play in Children
The increasing use of sedentary screen-based activities (SBAs) has been most recently blamed for children and adolescents' lack of engagement in physical activity (PA).
- Trial name
- NCT01430715
- Testing
- Active vido games and outdoor play
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Sensory-Play Based (SenPlay) Intervention for Young Children With or At Risk for ADHD
The purpose of this pilot study is to determine the effects of 15 minutes of sensory-play based (SenPlay) intervention on improving focused attention in developmentally appropriate tasks in young children with or at risk for ADHD.
- Trial name
- NCT05222321
- Testing
- Sensory-Play Based (SenPlay) Intervention, Spontaneous, Free Play
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oklahoma
Anterior Cruciate Ligament Rupture, Surgery
ALL Ultrasound Predicts the Success of ACL Repair?
This case series evaluates whether patients with an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) repair have better outcome if the anterolateral ligament (ALL) was repaired or not considering the ultrasound (US) pre-surgical recommendation.
- Trial name
- ALL_US (NCT04373408)
- Testing
- ACL repair without anterolateral repair, ACL repair with anterolateral repair
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Adrien Schwitzguebel
Autism Spectrum Disorder
SPARK Exercise Program and Game-based Training in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder
This randomized controlled trial (RCT) will compare the effects of the SPARK program versus game-based circuit training on motor skills and social interaction in 22 children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) aged 5-12 years.
- Trial name
- NCT07579000
- Testing
- Structured Sports, Play, and Active Recreation for Kids Exercise program (SPARK), Game-based Training
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 22 people
- Sponsor
- Riphah International University
ADHD, Attention Deficit Disorder With Hyperactivity
RCT, Proof of Concept Study of TEAMS (Training Executive, Attention and Motor Skills) Intervention Program
Background: TEAMS (Training Executive Attention and Motor Skills) is a non-pharmacological, neurocognitive intervention program targeted preschool children with ADHD developed by Professor Jeffrey Halperin, and his team from New…
- Trial name
- TEAMS (NCT01918436)
- Testing
- TEAMS intervention, Control group
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 160 people
- Sponsor
- Holbaek Sygehus
Musculoskeletal Pain
Impact of Exercises and Chair Massage on Musculoskeletal Pain of Young Musicians
The study is tested the idea of two forms of musculoskeletal pain prophylaxis (chair massage and an original set of exercises) among musicians.
- Trial name
- NCT04366843
- Testing
- chair massage, the exercise program
- Where
- Poland
- Volunteers
- 44 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education
Childhood, Diabetes
Diabetes Acute Complications and Health Literacy in Children
In this study, in which education on acute complications of type 1 diabetes is planned with board games based on Bandura's social learning theory, children can indirectly learn common points that they may hear about acute…
- Conditions
- Childhood, Diabetes, Health Literacy
- Trial name
- NCT06160063
- Testing
- Education intervention
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 75 people
- Sponsor
- University of Yalova
Emotional Regulation
Examining the Impacts of Parent Mightier Play
A randomized controlled trial comparing a group in which only child participants play Mightier video games for 8 weeks (Child Play group) to a group in which child and parent participants play Mightier video games for 8 weeks…
- Trial name
- NCT05080647
- Testing
- Mightier online gameplay
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 41 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Neuromotion Labs
Pediatric Obesity
Fuel for Fun: Cooking With Kids Plus Parents and Play
Fuel for Fun: Cooking with Kids Plus Parents and Play (FFF), is an integrated research, extension, and education project targeting 4th grade students.
- Trial name
- FFF (NCT02491294)
- Testing
- School, Family, About Eating
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2,640 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Colorado State University
Amount of Breast Milk, Maternal Anxiety Level
The Effect of Music on Maternal Stress and Milk Amount
Premature babies who have to deal with life-threatening situations have to spend the first days of their lives in intensive care units.
- Trial name
- NCT06307756
- Testing
- Music group
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 59 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Adiyaman University
Dental Anxiety
To Assess Breathing Exercise as a Relaxation Method
in this study investigator evaluate the effectiveness of breathing exercise using two different play toys in reducing dental anxiety.
- Trial name
- NCT06698523
- Testing
- Breathing exercise, Deep breathing
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ain Shams University
Hepatitis C, Medication Adherence
Intensive Models of HCV Care for Injection Drug Users
Injection drug users (IDUs) constitute 60% of the approximately 5 million people in the U.S. infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV). HCV treatment leading to sustained viral response (SVR) is associated with increased survival.
- Trial name
- NCT01857245
- Testing
- Intensive Models (mDOT and CGT) of HCV Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- Prisma Health-Upstate
Memory Impairment, Executive Dysfunction
The Effects of Playing High School Football on Later Life Cognitive Functioning and Mental Health
The purpose of this study is to assess the effect of playing high school football on later in life cognitive functioning and mental health.
- Conditions
- Memory Impairment, Executive Dysfunction, Depression
- Trial name
- NCT02833129
- Volunteers
- 3,904 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Anxiety
Evaluation of the Effectiveness of New Management Techniques in Reducing Dental Anxiety for Children Undergoing Pulpotomy
The goal of this clinical trial is to reduce dental anxiety for sixety six children undergoing pulpotomy in primary molars by using kaleidoscope glasses and Tell-Show-Play-Doh techniques and evaluation of behavior and anxiety…
- Trial name
- NCT06673030
- Testing
- Using Kaleidoscope glasses during pulpotomy procedures, The Play-Doh Doctor Drill 'n Fill toy set, Group 1 (Tell-Show-Do)
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 66 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mansoura University
Healthy Children
Functional Training and Dynamic Play Exercise on Gross Motor Skills, Physical Fitness, and Balance in Healthy Children
This study aims to explore and compare two distinct approaches to physical activity: functional training and dynamic play exercises, focusing on their effects on children's gross motor skills, physical fitness and balance.
- Trial name
- NCT07005440
- Testing
- Functional Training, Dynamic Play Exercise
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Riphah International University
Laboratory Testing, Intensive Care Unit ICU
Evaluation of Lab Exams Accuracy in the Intensive Care Unit
prospective, observational descriptive study assessing the accuracy of laboratory exams in the ICU.
- Conditions
- Laboratory Testing, Intensive Care Unit ICU, Accuracy
- Trial name
- NCT06622096
- Testing
- Evaluation of laboratory exams prescription
- Where
- Tunisia
- Volunteers
- 63 people
- Sponsor
- Mongi Slim Hospital