A scalable school-based intervention to increase early adolescents' motor competence and health-related fitness.

ABSTRACT: Schools are key settings for the promotion of students' physical activity, fitness, and motor competence. The purpose of our study was to investigate the efficacy of a 5-month-long intervention program that aimed to increase students' motor competence and health-related fitness during school days. We conducted a quasi-experimental study with 325 Finnish Grade 5 (M_age  = 11.26, SD = 0.33) students from five schools. Two schools were allocated to the intervention group and three schools to the control group. The intervention consisted of three components: (a) weekly 20 min session during regular PE lessons, (b) weekly 20 min session during recess, and (c) daily 5-minute-long classroom activity breaks. All activities were designed to systematically develop different elements of mot

SUBMITTER: Huhtiniemi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10946856 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature