Physical Activity Clinical Trial
Official title:
Before-School Physical Activity Intervention in Elementary School Children: A Pilot Study
Children in the U.S. exhibit low levels of physical activity. In addition to the overall
physical health and fitness benefits with increasing levels of physical activity,
improvements in academic performance, mental cognition, and behavior may occur. Despite
these benefits, opportunities for children to participate in physical activity are being
reduced, particularly in schools.
The proposed study is a pilot program with approximately 100 children ages 7-11 years
expected to participate. All study participants will partake in a testing and measures
session which will include body composition measures, nutrition and physical activity
questionnaires, and curriculum-based measures. Following the first testing and measures
session, 50 of the 100 children will participate in a 10-12 week, before-school, moderate to
vigorous physical activity (MVPA) program. This program will consist of non-competitive,
MVPA and occur 3 days/week at their school. Subsequent to the physical activity program, all
100 children will then participate in a follow-up testing and measures session.
The objective of this proposed pilot study is to determine the feasibility of implementing a
before-school, physical activity program as well as explore the effect the program may have
on academic performance and health measures.
The current guidelines for physical activity recommend that children should partake in
regular, moderate to vigorous intensity physical activity for 60 minutes or more each day.
Unfortunately, children in the U.S. are not meeting these goals. Moreover, physical
inactivity in these children is considered a significant, contributing factor to childhood
overweight and obesity. In addition to the importance of physical activity for overall
physical health and fitness, classroom behavior, academic skills, and attention may also
improve in children with increasing physical activity. There appears to be a positive
association between physical activity and academic performance, mental cognition, and
behavior in children, however, further research to delineate the ideal duration and
intensity is warranted particularly in elementary school children. As schools in recent
years have eliminated recess and/or physical education due to growing pressure to increase
academic scores, creative solutions to engage children in physical activity are desperately
needed. And with the vast majority of children's time spent in school, this may be the ideal
location for implementing physical activity interventions.
The purpose of this pilot study is to determine the feasibility of implementing a
before-school, physical activity program. Furthermore, the effect the physical activity
program may have on academic performance, and health measures will also be examined through
several methods.
The results of the proposed study may help design future physical activity interventions and
provide insight to the relationship between physical activity and academic performance.
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Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label
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