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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Brusseau, Timothy A
• Hannon, James C
• Fu, You
• Fang, Yi
• Nam, Kahyun
• Goodrum, Sara
• Burns, Ryan D

Titel

Trends in physical activity, health-related fitness, and gross motor skills in children during a two-year comprehensive school physical activity program

Ist Teil von

• Journal of science and medicine in sport, 2018-08, Vol.21 (8), p.828-832

Ort / Verlag

Australia: Elsevier Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2018

Quelle

Access via ScienceDirect (Elsevier)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Objectives: The purpose of this study was to examine the trends in school-day step counts, health-related fitness, and gross motor skills during a two-year Comprehensive School Physical Activity Program (CSPAP) in children. Design: Longitudinal trend analysis. Methods: Participants were a sample of children (N = 240; mean age = 7.9 ± 1.2 years; 125 girls, 115 boys) enrolled in five low-income schools. Outcome variables consisted of school day step counts, Body Mass Index (BMI), estimated VO2 Peak, and gross motor skill scores assessed using the Test of Gross Motor Development-3rd Edition (TGMD-3). Measures were collected over a two-year CSPAP including a baseline and several follow-up time-points. Multi-level mixed effects models were employed to examine time trends on each continuous outcome variable. Markov-chain transition models were employed to examine time trends for derived binary variables for school day steps, BMI, and estimated VO2 Peak. Results: There were statistically significant time coefficients for estimated VO2 Peak (b = 1.10 mL/kg/min, 95% C.I. [0.35 mL/kg/min-2.53 mL/kg/min], p = 0.009) and TGMD-3 scores (b = 7.8, 95% C.I. [6.2-9.3], p ( 0.001). There were no significant changes over time for school-day step counts or BMI. Boys had greater change in odds of achieving a step count associating with 30 min of school day MVPA (OR = 1.25, 95% C.I. [1.02-1.48], p = 0.044). Conclusions: A two-year CSPAP related to increases in cardio-respiratory endurance and TGMD-3 scores. School day steps and BMI were primarily stable across the two-year intervention. (Autor).