Brief Physical Activity Program to Increase Physical Fitness in Elementary School Children

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Childhood Obesity
• Interventions: Behavioral: 6 minutes activity

• Registration Number: NCT02087774
• Lead Sponsor: Marshall University

Brief Summary

The investigators hypothesized that the addition of 6 minutes of exercise during the school day would increase physical fitness in elementary school students as demonstrated by longer distances run in 2 minutes and a decrease in heart rate at the end of the exercise.

Detailed Description

Intervention group played music for 6 minutes each morning in addition to recess and physical activity classes. Baseline fitness data and after-intervention data were compared.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-09
• Primary Completion: 2014-03
• Study Completion: 2014-03
• Study First Submitted: 2014-03-12
• Study First Submitted QC: 2014-03-13
• Study First Posted: 2014-03-14
• Results First Submitted: 2014-06-25
• Status Verified: 2014-07
• Results First Submitted QC: 2014-07-25
• Last Update Submitted: 2014-07-25
• Results First Posted: 2014-08-15
• Last Update Posted: 2014-08-15

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 300

Inclusion Criteria

• All students were invited to participate.

Exclusion Criteria

• Lack of parental consent

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
6 minutes activity	6 minutes activity	Implementation of 6 minutes of physical activity daily into the school day routine. Children can jog in place, do jumping jacks or dance.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change From Baseline to After Intervention in 75 Foot Laps Completed in 2 Minutes	Baseline to 12 weeks later	Subjects run for 2 minutes around cone separated by 75ft. One lap was one 75 foot length completed.; Difference in laps completed from baseline was taken.
Change From Baseline to After Intervention for After-Exercise Heart Rate	Baseline to 12 weeks later	Immediate cool-down, after-exercise heart rate was taken.; Difference in heart rate from baseline measurements is reported

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Marshall University; 🇺🇸 Huntington, West Virginia, United States