NCT03015337 - Relationship of Motor Skill Competency and Physical Fitness to Physical Activity in Elementary School Students | Crick

Overview

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.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

NA

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

1,844

Conditions

Child Behavior

Interventions

New physical education instructionsBEHAVIORAL

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 4 YearsMax age: 12 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * K-5 th grade students who are enrolled in 9 elementary schools in Southeast Michigan. Exclusion Criteria: \-

Locations (1)

School of Kinesiology, University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Running skill assessment

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.

Time frame: 2 years

Weight transferring skill assessment

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.

Time frame: 2 years

hand dribbling skill assessment

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.

Time frame: 2 years

underhand catching skill assessment

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.

Time frame: 2 years

FitnessGram test

Relationship between fitness and physical activity.

Time frame: 1 year

Daily physical activity participation in minutes

Relationship between levels of fitness and daily physical activity participation.