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Enrolling by invitation NCT07355179

PLAY UP: An Intervention Program Through Active Play and Environmental Affordances

No phase Interventional Children With Typical Neurodevelopment

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An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.

What is being studied
The protocol lists: PLAY UP.
Who it may be relevant to
Registry conditions: Children With Typical Neurodevelopment. Basic parameters: 3 years — 6 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
Portugal
Next step
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Official title

PLAY UP: An Intervention Program to Foster Physical Literacy Through Active Play and Environmental Affordances

Overview

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 in active play and their holistic development.

Interventions

  • Behavioral PLAY UP
    The PLAY UP intervention comprises 15 outdoor sessions (60 minutes each), delivered twice weekly by a psychomotor therapy professional, with the classroom educator providing pedagogical support. Sessions adopt a co-creation approach, actively engaging children in shaping play experiences while leveraging environmental affordances that promote movement and social interaction. Each PLAY UP session follows a structure, beginning with a warm-up (experimentation time) that allows children to move fre

Primary outcome measures

  • Motor competence [Time frame: 2 months]
Secondary outcome measures (6)
  • Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Competences (educator-reported) [Time frame: 2 months]
  • Behavioural difficulties (parent-reported) [Time frame: 2 months]
  • Executive Functioning [Time frame: 2 months]
  • Spatial Activity Behaviour (SAB) [Time frame: 2 months]
  • Child-Level Positional Interactions (CLPI) [Time frame: 2 months]
  • Kindergarten Affordances for Physical Literacy (KAPL) [Time frame: 2 months]

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion criteria

  • regular attendance in preschool; have no limitations to participate in intervention.

Exclusion criteria

  • participating in a similar intervention program for at least 3 months; having limitations (e.g. physical limitations; intellectual neurodisorder) to take the assessment tasks;

Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.

Healthy volunteers: Yes

Study design

Allocation
Randomized
Model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Open label
Primary purpose
Prevention

Study locations

Portugal · 1 center
  • Gabriela Almeida — Evora

Publications

  • Almeida G, Goncalves B, Luz C, Galhardas L, Bilton H, Marmeleira J. Physical Literacy through Active plaY and environmental affordances in outdoor kindergarten settings: a multidimensional approach to Unveiling Potential (PLAY UP) - study protocol for a cluster-randomised trial. BMJ Open. 2026 Jul 1;16(7):e120976. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2026-120976. PMID 42386292

Identifiers

NCT: NCT07355179 · #24101

Primary sources (government registries)

View this study on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗