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The study will be conducted at various city swimming pools in Warsaw. The study participants will include 20 infants participating in aquatic baby classes once a week and 20 infants not participating in any classes and their parents. The study will be conducted in a quiet and calm room, which will be prepared in advance and equipped with a smooth mat, a lounger and infant toys. The estimated time to conduct the study is about 30 minutes.
The examination will be carried out twice: before the start of the two-month course and after its completion. Each time in the presence of a parent or legal guardian, after signing a consent form for the study.
The selected methods of assessing motor development are fully non-invasive and consist of the following tests:
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Aquatic baby class | Experimental | 8 weeks program of aquatic exercises for infants |
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| No intervention | No Intervention | No intervention |
| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Aquatic baby class | Other | The intervention will consist of exercises for infants. They will be in the water together with parents |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Change from Baseline in the Alberta Infant Motor Scale (AIMS) at 8 weeks | The test involving observation of motor development, in which each activity is assessed as existing or not. The sum of the scores from all trials is then placed on a centile grid, the results of which will indicate how many children of a certain age are achieving a given level of motor skills. During the assessment, the evaluator observes the movements of the child and scores each movement component as either "observed" or "not observed". | Baseline and 8 weeks |
| Change from Baseline in the Early Motor Development Questionnaire (EMQ) at 8 weeks | The questionnaire will be conducted on the basis of a ready-made form and in an anonymous manner based on parents' current knowledge of their children's development. EMQ incorporates parents' certainty in their answers by using a 5-point scale ranging from -2 (the parent is sure the child does not show the behavior yet) to +2 (the parent remembers a particular instance in which the child exhibited the behavior). | Baseline and 8 weeks |
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Exclusion Criteria:
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Jozef Pilsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw | Warsaw | 00-968 | Poland |
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