Physical Activity Across the Curriculum (PAAC 3):Teacher vs. Remotely Delivered Classroom Physical Activity Breaks

University of Kansas

Status: Completed

Conditions: Physical Activity

Treatments: Behavioral: Physical Activity Across the Curriculum

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT03493139

R01DK085317 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

STUDY00141841

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study is designed to compare two methods of delivering short (~10 min) physical activity breaks that will occur during the regular school day for 3 years. Schools will be randomized to deliver physical activity breaks led by either the regular classroom teacher or by a remote instructor through a video in the classroom. Both delivery methods will promote a variety of whole body movements using large muscle groups. The schools will not be able to choose which group (regular teacher or remote instructor) they will be part of.

Enrollment: 470 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 7 to 10 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 2nd and 3rd grade students

Exclusion criteria

• Students who are confined to a wheel chair, blind, or intellectually disadvantaged may be unable perform tests for cardiovascular fitness or MVPA using accelerometers

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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470 participants in 2 patient groups

PAAC-R

Experimental group

Description:

Physical Activity Across the Curriculum-Remote (PAAC-R) will include protocol specific activity breaks delivered remotely via a television in the classroom.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Physical Activity Across the Curriculum

PAAC-T

Experimental group

Description:

Physical Activity Across the Curriculum-Teacher (PAAC-T) will include protocol specific activity breaks delivered by the classroom teacher.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Physical Activity Across the Curriculum