Exercise videos in a phone app to encourage activity in children with autism
Tests whether exercise videos showing the child themselves motivate children with autism to move.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Self-inspired & Tailored Autism Movement With Phystic App
Key facts
- Where
- Linköping, SwedenSee the site
Could this be for you?
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 2 and 10 years old?
Source: NCT07485439, who can take part
Where in Sweden
- Linköping UniversityLinköping, SwedenNo longer taking part
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- Linkoeping University
- Trial code
- NCT07485439
- Record updated
- 20 March 2026
- Original description
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if watching instructions for daily exercises with three different contents (the patients themselves, other children, or children dressed as rabbits in addition to their physiotherapist, could increase physical activity among children with autism.Read full original descriptionShow less
Self-inspired & Tailored Autism Movement With Phystic App
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if watching instructions for daily exercises with three different contents (the patients themselves, other children, or children dressed as rabbits in addition to their physiotherapist, could increase physical activity among children with autism.
The main questions it aims to answer are: Are children with autism motivated to engage in daily exercise by seeing themselves in a mobile application? Researchers will compare instructions with the children themselves with instructions containing other children and children in rabbit suits.
Parents and their children will use the mobile application once daily for 8 weeks, and 5-10 minutes per day.
Parents will fill out questionnaires before, during and after the 8-week intervention, and write about their experiences in the mobile application 2-3 days per week.
Inclusion: Access to a mobile phone or tablet with a camera and internet at home; Autism diagnosis in the child in question (the patient); Someone in the family knows enough Swedish to understand the information about the study and the content of the mobile app.
Exclusion: Age >10 years; Medical impediment to training with the parents and performing the exercises in the prescribed training sessions.