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Effectiveness of Dance Therapy for Students With Mild Autism Spectrum Disorder in China

NCT07800026 · Universiti Putra Malaysia

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Status
Not accepting participants
Not applicable
Phase
96
Target enrolment
1
Study sites
Outside the US

What it is testing

Summary

This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of Dance Movement Therapy (DMT) in improving social play, emotional regulation, group skills, and communication skills among students with mild autism in China. The study will use a cluster randomized controlled trial with a pretest-posttest design. A total of 96 students aged 8-13 years will be recruited from special education schools in Linfen, Shanxi Province, China. Existing intact classes will serve as clusters and will be randomly assigned to either the DMT group or the Regular Art Class (RAC) control group. Both groups will participate in 12 weeks of intervention, conducted twice weekly, with each session lasting 45 minutes during regular art class time. Outcomes will be assessed before and after the intervention to evaluate and compare changes between the two groups.

Summary as written by the trial’s own sponsor and published on ClinicalTrials.gov API v2. It is the sponsor’s description, reproduced unedited, not an assessment by this site.

What counts as success

Primary outcome measures

  • Change in Social Play Assessed by the Penn Interactive Peer Play Scale (PIPPS)

    Measured over Baseline and immediately after the 12-week intervention

  • Change in Emotional Regulation Assessed by the Chinese Version of the Emotion Regulation Checklist (ERC-C)

    Measured over Baseline and immediately after the 12-week intervention

  • Change in Group Skills Assessed by the Social Skills Subscale of the Chinese Version of the School Social Behavior Scales (SSBS-C)

    Measured over Baseline and immediately after the 12-week intervention

  • Change in Communication Skills Assessed by the Chinese Version of the Communication Matrix (CM-C)

    Measured over Baseline and immediately after the 12-week intervention

A trial succeeds or fails on its primary outcome, declared in advance. Everything else it reports is secondary by definition.

Who can take part

Eligibility, as published

8 Years to 13 Years
Ages
All
Sex
Not accepted
Healthy volunteers
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Aged between 8 and 13 years. 2. Have a pre-existing clinical diagnosis of mild Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), as documented in school or medical records. 3. Have no other serious physical health issues, such as severe chronic diseases, major surgical history, or health problems that affect quality of life. 4. Have no prior experience with dance therapy. 5. Written informed consent is provided by the participant's parent or legal guardian. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Children with serious physical health conditions that may affect their ability to participate in the study. 2. Children with prior experience in dance therapy. 3. Children whose parent or legal guardian does not provide written informed consent.

Where

1 study site

FacilityCityRegionCountry
Linfen Changxiang Children's Education CenterLinfenShanxiChina

On the registry

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NCT07800026 on ClinicalTrials.gov →

Last updated in the registry 2026-09-02. Registry records change; this page reflects the data build of 2026-09-24.

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