Clinical trials: Play
Down Syndrome
Effects of Interactive Sensory Play on Manual Dexterity in Down Syndrome
Down Syndrome is a genetic condition in which a patient has an extra chromosome which is a copy of chromosome 21. It causes physical, cognitive, and behavioral symptoms. The person has difficulty with normal life activities.
- Trial name
- NCT06943352
- Testing
- Sensory Bins, Drawing and Painting
- Volunteers
- 22 people
- Sponsor
- Riphah International University
Cerebral Palsy
the Effectiveness of Task-oriented Training With Pretend Play in CP Children
the effectiveness of task - oriented training with pretend play on gross motor function, functional capacity and cognitive function in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy.
- Trial name
- NCT05972499
- Testing
- task-oriented training with pretend play
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Cairo University
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
Pain, Anxiety
The Effect of Therapeutic Play During Peripheral Intravenous Catheterisation
Therapeutic play (TP) is a non-pharmacological method used in the pain management in children. This study was conducted to determine the effect of therapeutic play on children's pain, anxiety, and mothers' anxiety during…
- Trial name
- NCT05823324
- Testing
- Therapeutic play group
- Where
- 2 sites in Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa
Disturbances in Initiating and Maintaining Sleep, Parent-Child Relations
Play2Sleep: Using Play to Improve Infant Sleep
The objective of this study is to evaluate and explore the effectiveness of Play2Sleep on families of infants with infant sleep disturbances.
- Trial name
- NCT02742155
- Testing
- Play2Sleep, Comparison
- Where
- 9 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 136 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Calgary
Exercise, Central Nervous System Tumors
POWER UP: Participating Online While Exercising to Recover Using Play
We will conduct a two-phase study. The first phase is to adapt and develop an active video game (AVG)-centered lifestyle physical activity (PA) intervention (POWER UP) for adolescents and young adults (AYA) with central nervous…
- Conditions
- Exercise, Central Nervous System Tumors, Tumors
- Trial name
- NCT05308407
- Testing
- Focus Groups, Pilot randomized controlled trial
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 17 people
- Sponsor
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Children
The Pause, Learn, and Activate Yourself (PLAY)
Many children spend a large part of the school day sitting, which can limit their opportunities to be physically active. Regular physical activity is important for children's physical health, mental well-being, and positive…
- Trial name
- PLAY (NCT07421128)
- Testing
- Teacher-led Active Breaks, Video-guided Active Breaks
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 857 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pavia
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
Children With Typical Neurodevelopment
PLAY UP: An Intervention Program Through Active Play and Environmental Affordances
The goal of this cluster-randomized trial is to investigate how a co-created, affordance-based approach - developed in collaboration with children - and combined with educator training, can support preschool children's engagement…
- Trial name
- PLAY UP (NCT07355179)
- Testing
- PLAY UP
- Where
- Portugal
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Évora
Kindergarten Children's Health, Development, Well-being
Move-play-explore in Early Childhood Education
Evidence is lacking about scalable, effective and sustainable interventions to increase whole-child development in young children.
- Trial name
- MoveEarly (NCT06488508)
- Testing
- MoveEarly
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 500 people
- Sponsor
- Western Norway University of Applied Sciences
Development Coordination Disorder
Characteristic of Play: Comparison Between Children With Development Coordination Disorder ( DCD) and Children With Typical Development
There will be found differences in the issue of characteristic of play between Children with Development Coordination Disorder and Children with Typical Development.
- Trial name
- NCT01130038
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 64 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Meir Medical Center
Dementia, Alzheimer Disease
Play Intervention for Dementia for Promoting Cognitive Function: A Feasibility Study
This study intends to use Play Intervention for Dementia (PID) to promote cognitive functions of people with early to moderate dementia.
- Trial name
- NCT02846415
- Testing
- Play Intervention for Dementia
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Learned Helplessness, Social Comparison
Investigating the Effects of Play Therapy Techniques on Learned Helplessness and Social Comparison Levels in Children Living in an Orphanage
Purpose: This study aims to examine the effects of play therapy techniques on the learned helplessness levels and social comparison tendencies of children living in children's homes.
- Trial name
- NCT07137325
- Testing
- play therapy
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 39 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Muş Alparslan University
Emotional Regulation
Open Label Mightier Play in the Home
Mightier is a digital mental health tool that uses video game-based heart rate biofeedback to teach emotion regulation. The primary goal of this study is to replicate results from original clinical trials, demonstrating that…
- Trial name
- NCT05652114
- Testing
- Mightier
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2,732 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Neuromotion Labs
Preterm Infant, Cerebral Palsy
Does Timing Matter? Supporting Play, Exploration, and Early Developmental Intervention
Infants born very preterm (≤28 weeks of gestation) are at high risk of having developmental disabilities including cerebral palsy, coordination impairments, attention deficit and learning disabilities.
- Trial name
- TimeSPEEDI2 (NCT03518736)
- Testing
- Supporting Play Exploration and Developmental Intervention (SPEEDI)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 85 people
- Sponsor
- University of Southern California
Childhood Anxiety Disorder
A Brief Emotion Focused Therapy for Preschoolers With Anxiety Disorders
The study will comprise of three groups of children (n=40): 1. A group receiving a novel short-term dynamic play therapy. 2. Dyadic therapy 3. Control group who will not receive therapy.
- Trial name
- I-WotCH (NCT04978844)
- Testing
- IWOTCH, Dyadic therapy
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya
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
Anxiety, Stress
Impact of Play Interventions on Stress and Anxiety Using EEG and AI.
This project will target university students during their exam periods, whether midterms, finals, regular exams, or make-up exams, as this is a time particularly sensitive to academic stress.
- Trial name
- ILOS-WEEG (NCT07555158)
- Testing
- playful intervention
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad Autonoma de Baja California
Seamless Return to Sports
Optimizing Hamstring Rehabilitation With Amino Acids
Hamstring injuries are among the most prevalent and troublesome injuries in athletes, particularly those engaged in sports that require high-speed movements such as sprinting, kicking, and rapid changes in direction.
- Trial name
- NCT07086209
- Testing
- Branched-Chain Amino Acid Supplement, Therapeutic Exercise Program
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad de Zaragoza
Pain, Sedation
Effect of Maternal Voice on Pain, Sedation, and Physiological Parameters in Mechanically Ventilated Children
Children in the pediatric intensive care unit often experience pain and stress from medical procedures, even while sedated. This study will test whether playing a recording of the child's mother's voice helps reduce pain and the…
- Conditions
- Pain, Sedation, Mechanical Ventilation
- Trial name
- NCT07753486
- Testing
- Recorded Maternal Voice
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 28 people
- Sponsor
- TC Erciyes University