Influence of an increased number of physical education lessons on the motor performance of adolescents-A non-interventional cohort study.

ABSTRACT: Increasing the amount of regular physical education lessons in school is currently discussed in many countries in order to increase physical activity in youth. The purpose of this study was to compare the motor performance of pupils from an observation group participating in a school trial of two additional physical education lessons (5 lessons of each 50 min/week) without a specific intervention program to a control group with a regular amount of three physical education lessons (3 lessons of each 50 min/week) as indicated by the standard Austrian school curriculum. In this cohort study motor performance of 140 adolescents (12.7±0.5 years) was assessed by means of the German Motor Performance Test 6-18 over a period of 1.5 years with measurement time points before (T1), after eight months

SUBMITTER: Reif A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8516264 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature