Effect of Combined Music and Taekwondo Training for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Taekwondo training with music therapy, Taekwondo training alone.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Autism Spectrum Disorder. Basic parameters: 7 years — 9 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Hong Kong
- Next step
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Official title
Effect of Combined Music and Taekwondo Training on the Psychological and Physical Condition of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: a Randomized Controlled Trial
Overview
The goal of this randomized controlled trial is to evaluate the effect of combined music and taekwondo training on the mental and physical condition of children with autism spectrum disorder. Participants will be asked to do combined music and taekwondo training or taekwondo training alone to evaluate if the combined training is better than the taekwondo training alone on mental and physical performance for children with autism spectrum disorder.
Interventions
- Other Taekwondo training with music therapy
Taekwondo training with music therapy - Other Taekwondo training alone
Taekwondo training without music therapy
Primary outcome measures
- Engagement in the Training Sessions [Time frame: Through training completion, an average of 20 sessions over 10 consecutive weeks]
- Gross Motor Skills [Time frame: Baseline, 10 weeks]
Secondary outcome measures (10)
- Physical Activity Level [Time frame: Through training completion, an average of 20 sessions over 10 consecutive weeks]
- Enjoyment State [Time frame: Through training completion, an average of 20 sessions over 10 consecutive weeks]
- Rate of Perceived Exertion [Time frame: Through training completion, an average of 20 sessions over 10 consecutive weeks]
- Taekwondo skills performance [Time frame: Baseline, 10 weeks]
- Conners' Continuous Performance Test II [Time frame: Baseline, 10 weeks]
- Comprehensive Trail-Making Test (CTMT) [Time frame: Baseline, 10 weeks]
- Social Responsiveness Scale, second edition (SRS-2) [Time frame: Baseline, 10 weeks]
- Childhood Autism Spectrum Test [Time frame: Baseline, 10 weeks]
- Strength and Difficulties Questionnaires (SDQ) [Time frame: Baseline, 10 weeks]
- Clinical Global Improvement (CGI) score [Time frame: 10 weeks, 2 months follow-up]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Chinese children aged 7 to 9 years who have been clinically diagnosed as ASD by developmental paediatricians or clinical psychologists based on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition criteria for ASD.
Exclusion criteria
- children who have experience in Taekwondo training;
- children who have received music therapy within the previous 12 months;
- those who have severe sensory disorders (blindness or deafness);
- those who have underlying congenital abnormalities or other diseases that limit their ability to engage in physical activities.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Single blind
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
Hong Kong · 1 center
- Hong Kong Polytechnic University — Hong Kong
Publications
- Yu CCW, Mok KM, Mak E, Au CT, Chan DFY, Wu S, Chung RCK, Ip MCK, Wong SWL. Protocol for evaluating the effects of integrating music with taekwondo training in children with autism spectrum disorder: A randomized controlled trial. PLoS One. 2025 Jan 31;20(1):e0315503. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0315503. eCollection 2025. PMID 39888930
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06277778 · HSEARS20211117003-03