Participating in a School-Integrated Daily Exercise Program Improves Motor Performance Significantly in School-Children.

ABSTRACT: Children's sedentary time has increased, while daily physical activity and motor performance have decreased. We evaluated an integrated school-based exercise program by assessing changes in motor skills after one year and comparing these changes to children who did not participate. We included 303 children from five schools in this longitudinal study and assigned them either to the exercise group (EG; n = 183 with daily exercise program) or the waiting group (WG; n = 120). Motor skills were assessed at baseline and after one year. Mixed modeling was used to analyze inter-group differences of change in motor skills and to determine the effect of sex, age group, and weight status. EG improved more strongly than WG for sprint, side jumps (both p = 0.017), stand and reach (p = 0.

SUBMITTER: Homeyer D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10048861 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature