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

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Child Behavior
• Interventions: Behavioral: New physical education instructions

• Registration Number: NCT03015337
• Lead Sponsor: University of Michigan

Brief Summary

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.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2009-10
• Primary Completion: 2013-12
• Status Verified: 2017-01
• Study First Submitted: 2017-01-04
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-01-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-01-09
• Study First Posted: 2017-01-10
• Last Update Posted: 2017-01-11

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1844

Inclusion Criteria

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

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Exclusion Criteria

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
New Physical Education Instructions	New physical education instructions	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Running skill assessment	2 years	changes in manipulative skill between the intervention year 1 and the intervention year 2. The K-1 students' motor skill competency in running, weight transferring, hand dribbling, and underhand catching skills was assessed using four PE Metrics skill assessment rubrics in the intervention year 1 and year 2, respectively.
Weight transferring skill assessment	2 years	changes in manipulative skill between the intervention year 1 and the intervention year 2. The K-1 students' motor skill competency in running, weight transferring, hand dribbling, and underhand catching skills was assessed using four PE Metrics skill assessment rubrics in the intervention year 1 and year 2, respectively.
hand dribbling skill assessment	2 years	changes in manipulative skill between the intervention year 1 and the intervention year 2. The K-1 students' motor skill competency in running, weight transferring, hand dribbling, and underhand catching skills was assessed using four PE Metrics skill assessment rubrics in the intervention year 1 and year 2, respectively.
underhand catching skill assessment	2 years	changes in manipulative skill between the intervention year 1 and the intervention year 2. The K-1 students' motor skill competency in running, weight transferring, hand dribbling, and underhand catching skills was assessed using four PE Metrics skill assessment rubrics in the intervention year 1 and year 2, respectively.
FitnessGram test	1 year	Relationship between fitness and physical activity.
Daily physical activity participation in minutes	1 year	Relationship between levels of fitness and daily physical activity participation.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

School of Kinesiology, University of Michigan; 🇺🇸 Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States