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

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

  • Study Type: Interventional
  • Study Design
    • Allocation: N/A
    • Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
    • Masking: None (Open Label)
  • Study Primary Completion Date: December 2013

Interventions

  • Behavioral: New physical education instructions

Arms, Groups and Cohorts

  • Experimental: New Physical Education Instructions

Clinical Trial Outcome Measures

Primary Measures

  • Running skill assessment
    • Time Frame: 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
    • Time Frame: 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
    • Time Frame: 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
    • Time Frame: 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
    • Time Frame: 1 year
    • Relationship between fitness and physical activity.
  • Daily physical activity participation in minutes
    • Time Frame: 1 year
    • Relationship between levels of fitness and daily physical activity participation.

Participating in This Clinical Trial

Inclusion Criteria

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

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Gender Eligibility: All

Minimum Age: 4 Years

Maximum Age: 12 Years

Are Healthy Volunteers Accepted: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Investigator Details

  • Lead Sponsor
    • University of Michigan
  • Provider of Information About this Clinical Study
    • Principal Investigator: Weiyun Chen, Associate professor – University of Michigan
  • Overall Official(s)
    • Weiyun Chen, Ph.D., Principal Investigator, University of Michigan

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