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

January 9, 2017 updated by: Weiyun Chen, University of Michigan
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 Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

1844

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Michigan
      • Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48109
        • School of Kinesiology, University of Michigan

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

4 years to 12 years (Child)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

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

Exclusion Criteria:

-

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: New Physical Education Instructions
Behavioral: New physical education instructions

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
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.
2 years
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.
2 years
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.
2 years
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.
2 years
FitnessGram test
Time Frame: 1 year
Relationship between fitness and physical activity.
1 year
Daily physical activity participation in minutes
Time Frame: 1 year
Relationship between levels of fitness and daily physical activity participation.
1 year

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

University of Michigan

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Weiyun Chen, Ph.D., University of Michigan

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

October 1, 2009

Primary Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2013

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

January 4, 2017

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 6, 2017

First Posted (Estimate)

January 10, 2017

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

January 11, 2017

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 9, 2017

Last Verified

January 1, 2017

More Information

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • HUM00088758

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

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