ArticleJMIR research protocols2020
Intervention to Improve Preschool Children's Fundamental Motor Skills: Protocol for a Parent-Focused, Mobile App-Based Comparative Effectiveness Trial.
Article in JMIR research protocols, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03901300 (PLAY), which is not on this map. Cited by 11 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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PLAY: An Intervention to Improve Motor Skills in Young Children
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effectiveness of mHealth App-Based Interventions for Increasing Physical Activity and Improving Physical Fitness in Children and Adolescents: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2024Pooled it
- Digital Intervention Strategies for Increasing Physical Activity Among Preschoolers: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Pooled it
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- Effects of physical activity interventions on fundamental movement skills and cognitive function in early childhood: A systematic review and network meta-analysis.Journal of sport and health science · 2025Review
- The Associations of SUNRISE Product-Oriented Gross Motor Skills With Process-Oriented TGMD-3.Journal of motor learning and development · 2025Article
- Parental engagement and implementation fidelity in a mHealth motor skills intervention for young children.Physical education and sport pedagogy · 2025Article
- Development of Basic Motor Skills from 3 to 10 Years of Age: Comparison by Sex and Age Range in Chilean Children.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Direct Parent Engagement to Improve Fundamental Movement Skills in Children: A Systematic Review.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Exploring Recommendations for Child and Adolescent Fundamental Movement Skills Development: A Narrative Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Review
- Relationship between Parents' Physical Activity Level and the Motor Development Level and BMI of Their Children.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundPreschool age is an important time to master fundamental motor skills (FMS) through structured physical activity, yet many young children lag behind in motor skill development.
objectiveThe Promoting Lifelong Activity in Youth (PLAY) study is a pilot comparative effectiveness trial to test the acceptability, feasibility, and preliminary effectiveness of a mobile app delivered to parents to promote FMS development in their preschool children (aged 3-5 years).
methodsWe conducted a 2-arm, parallel-design, randomized comparative effectiveness trial in 72 parent-child dyads from the southeastern United States. Experts in motor development and developmental psychology developed an app designed to deliver a 12-week program to parents of preschoolers using 1 of 2 curricula: an FMS program (intervention) that involved peer modeling, parent engagement, and structured skills-based activities and an unstructured physical activity (comparator) curriculum that provided suggestions for child-led physical activity (ie, free play). Primary outcomes are feasibility and acceptability of the app and child's FMS measured at end of intervention (week 12). Exploratory outcomes are child's objective physical activity, perceived movement competence, and parent report of self-regulation at the end of treatment (week 12) and sustained outcomes at follow-up (week 24).
resultsThis project was funded in September 2018, with institutional review board approval in August 2018. Data collection took place from May 2019 through February 2020. To date, the project team has completed data collection on 69 preschool-age children, and results are expected to be published by 2021.
conclusionsThe PLAY study examines the feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of a mobile app, parent-led curricula to promote FMS proficiency for preschool children. If found to be effective, the app has the potential for wide-scale dissemination to parents of preschoolers and to provide a model for the utilization of mobile apps to promote young children's motor skill development.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT03901300; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03901300. INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT IDENTIFIER (IRRID): DERR1-10.2196/19943.
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