Physical Activity and Academic Achievement Across the Curriculum (A+PAAC)

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Intelligence; Obesity
• Interventions: Behavioral: A+PAAC; Behavioral: CON

• Registration Number: NCT01699295
• Lead Sponsor: Joseph Donnelly

Brief Summary

There is currently considerable interest in both improving academic achievement (No Child Left Behind) and reducing the rates of obesity and its associated negative health consequences in elementary school students. Increased physical activity (PA) offers a potential intervention to address both issues. Evidence is available which suggests an association of PA with both academic achievement and obesity, and an association between obesity and academic achievement.

To provide increased PA while maintaining academic instruction time, we developed a program we call "Physical Activity Across the Curriculum" (PAAC) in which regular classroom teachers were trained to deliver academic lessons using moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) for 20 minutes/d, 5 days/wk. This study is looking to compare academic achievement between students in elementary schools that participate in academic lessons taught through MVPA (PAAC) to students that do not (CON).

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-09
• Study First Submitted: 2012-10-01
• Study First Submitted QC: 2012-10-01
• Study First Posted: 2012-10-03
• Primary Completion: 2014-06
• Study Completion: 2015-06
• Status Verified: 2016-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-01-09
• Last Update Posted: 2016-01-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 584

Inclusion Criteria

• Grade 2 or 3 Student at one of the randomly selected elementary schools
• Students that agree to complete assessments
• Signed parental consent form
• Signed child assent form

Exclusion Criteria

• Students that do not agree to complete assessments

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
A+PAAC	A+PAAC	Lessons delivered using A+PAAC
CON	CON	Regular sedentary lessons

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Changes in Academic Achievement in Elementary Students	Baseline to 3 Years	Changes in academic achievement between students in elementary schools that participate in a program that delivers academic lessons taught through MVPA (A+PAAC) to students in elementary schools that do not receive academic lessons taught through MVPA (CON)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Body Mass Index (BMI)	Baseline to 3 Years	Change in the BMI over course of the study.
Assessment of Cognitive Function	Baseline to 3 Years	Changes in attentional control and academic achievement
Cardiovascular (CV) Fitness and Daily Physical Activity (PA)	Baseline to 3 Years	Changes in CV Fitness and PA and its impact on cognitive control of attention and academic achievement
Change in Attention-to-Task	Baseline to 3 Years

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Kansas Medical Center; 🇺🇸 Kansas City, Kansas, United States