After-school Game-Based Physical Activity Program Improves Physical Fitness of 9-10-Year-Old Children (AGPAP)

Elvin Onarici Gungor

Status: Completed

Conditions: Physical Activity

Treatments: Behavioral: Physical Activity

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06919146

EskisehirTU-SBF-EOG-01

Eskisehir Technical University (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study investigates the effect of an afterschool game-based physical activity program (AGPAP) on children's PF. This study was randomized controlled trial involving 120 children from a state school in Eskisehir/Turkey. The CONSORT checklist was used in this study. The sample of 9-10 years children (n = 120) was divided into groups by randomization. The intervention consisted of AGPAP. For PF, handgrip strength, curl-ups, sit-and-reach, standing long jump, and 10-meter running speed tests were applied.

Enrollment: 130 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 9 to 10 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. being 9-10-year-old,
2. volunteering,
3. permission from the child's parents,
4. not having any amputations or permanent disabilities in their bodies,
5. not having chronic or acute diseases,
6. not using a support device.

Exclusion criteria

1. any discomfort during measurements,
2. the child does not want to participate in the measurement,
3. the child does not participate in the practices due to any disability or discomfort,
4. not reaching 80% participation in the program.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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130 participants in 2 patient groups

Experimental Group

Experimental group

Description:

EG additionally participated in AGPAP (4:00 pm-5:00 pm) twice a week, every Wednesday and Friday, for a total of 60 minutes, for 12 weeks. AGPAP started the week after the pre-tests for EG. The intervention program consisted of 24 traditional street games, including running, hopping, galloping, leaping, jumping, sliding, striking, catching, ball catching, overhand throwing, balance, one-hand throwing, flexibility, coordination, shooting at the target, and hand-arm-leg strength and both outdoor and indoor facilities were utilized based on whether conditions. Each practice phase is 60 minutes long and includes three stages: instruction and warm-up (10 min.), AGPAP practice (45 min.), and cooling-down (5 min.). Two researchers who hold graduate degrees in physical education and sport led AGPAP and recorded children's participation. At the end of the intervention, the same testing procedures and testing materials were used for post-test measurements.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Physical Activity

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Measurements were applied to the CG