We12BFit!—Improving Physical Fitness in 7–12-Year-Old Children With Developmental Coordination Disorder: Protocol of a Multicenter Single-Arm Mixed-Method Study

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Background: Children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD) are less physically fit than their typically developing peers. No substantiated treatments are available for children with DCD to address this issue.

Aims: This study aims to describe 1. the design and rationale of We12BFit!-PF, a training to increase cardiorespiratory fitness, muscle strength and anaerobic power in 7-12-year-old children with DCD and 2. the methods to examine its preliminary effectiveness and feasibility.

Methods: We12BFit!-PF was developed using the steps of defining a treatment theory as proposed by Whyte et al. This includes the definition of targets, mechanisms of action, and essential ingredients. We12BFit!-PF will be evaluated in children diagnosed with DCD according to the criteria of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of mental disorders (DSM-V) aged 7–12, recruited from rehabilitation centers and physical therapy clinics. Indication for participation will be a need related to enhancing PF, for example tiring quickly, being quickly out of breath or being unable to keep up with peers during PA. During the treatment the participants will be engaged in a group training (2 × 60 min/week, 10 weeks) targeting cardiorespiratory fitness using high intensity interval training, muscle strength using exercises without weights and anaerobic power using plyometrics. Training intensity during high intensity interval training will be monitored with heart rate monitors, if necessary the intensity will be adjusted. Using a single-arm mixed-method design, the preliminary effectiveness will be determined using the 20 meter Shuttle Run Test, hand held dynamometry (JAMAR and MicroFET) and the Muscle Power Sprint Test, which will be assessed in week 0, 11, and 23. Feasibility will be assessed by interviewing parents and children and by organizing a focus group session with the trainers at the end of We12BFit!-PF. Based on a 5% improvement in VO _2peak the minimum sample size is 19 children.

Ethics and dissemination: The University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen medical ethics committee approved the study (METC 2015.216). Final results will be disseminated via scientific publications, presentations and congress proceedings. Funding organizations will receive a final study report.

Trial Registration: This study was registered with Netherlands Trial Registry (NTR6334, www.trialregister.nl).

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Petra Braaksma: URI : http://loop.frontiersin.org/people/548789/overview

Ilse Stuive: URI : http://loop.frontiersin.org/people/655213/overview

Frouwien D. van der Hoek: URI : http://loop.frontiersin.org/people/624959/overview

Corry K. van der Sluis: URI : http://loop.frontiersin.org/people/396457/overview

Marina M. Schoemaker: URI : http://loop.frontiersin.org/people/483092/overview

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Journal ID (nlm-ta): Front Pediatr

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Front Pediatr

Journal ID (publisher-id): Front. Pediatr.

Title: Frontiers in Pediatrics

Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.

ISSN (Electronic): 2296-2360

Publication date (Electronic): 18 December 2018

Publication date Collection: 2018

Volume: 6

Electronic Location Identifier: 396

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[1] ¹Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen , Groningen, Netherlands

[2] ²Center for Rehabilitation, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen , Groningen, Netherlands

[3] ³Center for Human Movement Sciences, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen , Groningen, Netherlands

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Edited by: Henrique Barros, Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Reviewed by: Gerard Louis Breart, INSERM U1153 Centre de Recherche Épidémiologie et Statistique Sorbonne Paris Cité, France; Daniel Edward Lumsden, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom

*Correspondence: Petra Braaksma p.braaksma@ 123456umcg.nl

This article was submitted to Pediatric Neurology, a section of the journal Frontiers in Pediatrics

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DOI: 10.3389/fped.2018.00396

PMC ID: 6305409

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Date received : 12 July 2018

Date accepted : 29 November 2018

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