NCT07800026Not yet recruiting
Effectiveness of Dance Therapy for Students With Mild Autism Spectrum Disorder in China
Effectiveness of Dance Therapy for Social Play, Emotional Regulation, Group and Communication Skills of Students With Mild Autism in China: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 2 Sept 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
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.
- Status (registry)
- Not yet recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 96 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 29 Aug 2026
- Start date
- 20 Sept 2026
- Primary completion date
- 20 Jan 2027
- Lead sponsor
- Universiti Putra Malaysia
- Diseases
- Autism
- NCT number
- NCT07800026
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 96
- From 20 Sept 2026 to the primary completion date, 20 Jan 2027
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- Children with prior experience in dance therapy.
Other illness
- Children with serious physical health conditions that may affect their ability to participate in the study.
Other
- Children whose parent or legal guardian does not provide written informed consent.
Who the study is looking for
- Aged between 8 and 13 years.
- Have a pre-existing clinical diagnosis of mild Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), as documented in school or medical records.
- Have no other serious physical health issues, such as severe chronic diseases, major surgical history, or health problems that affect quality of life.
- Have no prior experience with dance therapy.
- Written informed consent is provided by the participant's parent or legal guardian.
Age in the registry: 8 years to 13 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linfen Changxiang Children's Education Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Linfen | China | Unknown status |
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