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NCT Number: NCT07800286

Coordinative Exercise in Preschool Children

This study examined the effects of an 8-week motor-skill-enriched coordinative exercise program on physical fitness, motor competence, and response inhibition in preschool children. Forty-four typically developing children from two pre-existing preschool classes participated. One class completed the exercise program twice per week, with each session lasting 20 minutes, while the other class continued its usual preschool activities. Assessments were conducted before and after the intervention. Physical fitness was evaluated using countermovement jump, change-of-direction, and static and dynamic balance tests; motor competence was assessed using the KTK3+ test battery; and response inhibition was assessed using the Early Years Toolbox Go/No-Go task.

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Key information

Conditions

Motor Competence Physical Fitness Response Inhibition

Age range

5 year–6 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Tekirdag Namik Kemal University

Tekirdağ, 59030, Turkey (Türkiye)

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Typically developing preschool children.
  • Not receiving regular medication.
  • No parent-reported cardiovascular, neurological, orthopedic, or psychiatric condition that could interfere with participation in the assessments or exercise sessions.
  • Written informed consent provided by a parent or legal guardian.

Exclusion criteria

  • Diagnosed intellectual disability.
  • Any health condition preventing safe participation in physical activity.

Treatment and study plan

Motor-Skill-Enriched Coordinative Exercise

Other

An 8-week, twice-weekly motor-skill-enriched coordinative exercise program consisting of developmentally appropriate, game-based motor activities. Each session lasted approximately 20 minutes and included a 3-minute warm-up, a 14-minute main section, and a 3-minute cool-down. The program primarily emphasized locomotor, balance, spatial-orientation, direction-change, and whole-body coordination tasks, with selected object-control activities. Exercise complexity and practice duration were progressively increased across the intervention period.

Primary outcomes

  1. Change in Pro-Agility Test Completion Time

    Time frame: Baseline and post-intervention (8 weeks)

    Change-of-direction performance was assessed using the Pro-Agility test. Completion time was recorded in seconds, with lower values indicating better performance.

  2. Change in Static Balance Performance

    Time frame: Baseline and post-intervention (8 weeks)

    Static balance was assessed using the Sensbalance MiniBoard and expressed as a percentage, with higher values indicating better performance.

  3. Change in Dynamic Balance Performance

    Time frame: Baseline and post-intervention (8 weeks)

    Dynamic balance was assessed using the Sensbalance MiniBoard and expressed as a percentage, with higher values indicating better performance.

  4. Change in Countermovement Jump Height

    Time frame: Baseline and post-intervention (8 weeks)

    Lower-body explosive performance was assessed using the countermovement jump. Jump height was recorded in centimeters, with higher values indicating better performance.

  5. Change in KTK3+ Balancing Backwards Score

    Time frame: Baseline and post-intervention (8 weeks)

    Balancing Backwards was assessed as part of the KTK3+ motor competence battery. The number of successful backward steps across the balance-beam trials was recorded, with higher scores indicating better performance.

  6. Change in KTK3+ Jumping Sideways Score

    Time frame: Baseline and post-intervention (8 weeks)

    Jumping Sideways was assessed as part of the KTK3+ motor competence battery. The total number of successful two-footed jumps across two trials was recorded, with higher scores indicating better performance.

  7. Change in KTK3+ Moving Sideways Score

    Time frame: Baseline and post-intervention (8 weeks)

    Moving Sideways was assessed as part of the KTK3+ motor competence battery. Scores from two 20-second trials were summed, with higher scores indicating better performance.

  8. Change in KTK3+ Eye-Hand Coordination Score

    Time frame: Baseline and post-intervention (8 weeks)

    Eye-hand coordination was assessed as part of the KTK3+ battery using an alternating tennis-ball throw-and-catch task. The number of successful catches across two trials was recorded, with higher scores indicating better performance.

  9. Change in Go/No-Go Impulse-Control Score

    Time frame: Baseline and post-intervention (8 weeks)

    Response inhibition was assessed using the Early Years Toolbox Go/No-Go task. The impulse-control score was calculated as proportional Go accuracy multiplied by proportional No-Go accuracy and ranged from 0 to 1, with higher values indicating better response inhibition.

  10. Change in Correct-Go Reaction Time

    Time frame: Baseline and post-intervention (8 weeks).

    Correct-Go reaction time from the Early Years Toolbox Go/No-Go task was recorded in milliseconds and was interpreted as an index of response speed rather than response inhibition. Lower values indicate faster responding.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Namik Kemal University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Motor-Skill-Enriched Coordinative Exercise in Preschool Children: Effects on Physical Fitness, Motor Competence, and Response Inhibition

Important dates

Study start
2023
Primary completion
2023
Study completion
2023
First posted
Sep 2, 2026
Registry last updated
Sep 2, 2026

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