Relationship of Motor Skill Competency and Physical Fitness to Physical Activity in Elementary School Students

University of Michigan

Status: Completed

Conditions: Child Behavior

Treatments: Behavioral: New physical education instructions

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03015337

HUM00088758

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study examined how well elementary students demonstrated motor skill competency as a result of participating in the evidence-based quality physical education program and investigated relationships between levels of health-related physical fitness and physical activity in school-aged children.

Enrollment: 1,844 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 4 to 12 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• K-5 th grade students who are enrolled in 9 elementary schools in Southeast Michigan.

Exclusion criteria

Trial design

1,844 participants in 1 patient group

New Physical Education Instructions

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: New physical education instructions