Brief Physical Activity Program to Increase Physical Fitness in Elementary School Children

Childhood Obesity Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effects of a Brief Physical Activity Program on Elementary School Students' Physical Fitness

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02087774
• Other study ID #: 498505-2
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: March 12, 2014
• Last updated: July 25, 2014
• Start date: September 2013
• Est. completion date: March 2014

Study information

• Verified date: July 2014
• Source: Marshall University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The investigators hypothesized that the addition of 6 minutes of exercise during the school day would increase physical fitness in elementary school students as demonstrated by longer distances run in 2 minutes and a decrease in heart rate at the end of the exercise.

Description:

Intervention group played music for 6 minutes each morning in addition to recess and physical activity classes. Baseline fitness data and after-intervention data were compared.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 300
• Est. completion date: March 2014
• Est. primary completion date: March 2014
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• All students were invited to participate.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Lack of parental consent

Study Design

Allocation: Non-Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Childhood Obesity
• Pediatric Obesity

Intervention

Behavioral:
• 6 minutes activity
Group added 6 minutes of physical activity daily during school day.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Marshall University	Huntington	West Virginia

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Marshall University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change From Baseline to After Intervention in 75 Foot Laps Completed in 2 Minutes	Subjects run for 2 minutes around cone separated by 75ft. One lap was one 75 foot length completed.; Difference in laps completed from baseline was taken.	Baseline to 12 weeks later	No
Primary	Change From Baseline to After Intervention for After-Exercise Heart Rate	Immediate cool-down, after-exercise heart rate was taken.; Difference in heart rate from baseline measurements is reported	Baseline to 12 weeks later	No