Education and Fitness: EDUFIT Study
Summary
EDUFIT is a group-Randomized Controlled Trial specifically designed to enhance physical fitness and other health-related factors in a school setting in adolescents.
Description
Physical fitness is a powerful marker of cardiovascular health already at early stages in life. To promote physical fitness enhancement from the school is therefore needed and this is the main aim of the EDUFIT study (EDUcation for FITness).
The participants were randomly allocated to control group (CG), experimental group 1 (EG1) and experimental group 2 (EG2). The CG received 2 physical education sessions/week, the EG1 received 4 physical education sessions/week (volume increased) and the EG2 received 4 physical education sessions/week of high intensity (volume+intensity increased). Several health-related parameters were assessed before and after a 16-weeks intervention: physical fitness (primary outcome), body composition (secondary), and lipid-metabolic profile, ventilatory parameters, blood pressure, and cognitive and academic performance (tertiary outcomes).
The hypothesis of the EDUFIT project was that to double the number of physical education classes will improve physical fitness in adolescents. The confirmation of the hypothesis could have important public health implications.
Study Design
Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention
Conditions
Physical Fitness
Intervention
Physical activity program
Location
IES Alcántara (Consejería de Educación, Formación y Empleo de la Región de Murcia)
Alcantarilla
Murcia
Spain
30820
Status
Completed
Source
Universidad de Granada
Results (where available)
Links
- Source: http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01098968
- Information obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov on July 15, 2010
Published on BioPortfolio: 2014-08-27T03:14:45-0400
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Medical and Biotech [MESH] Definitions
Exercise
Physical activity which is usually regular and done with the intention of improving or maintaining PHYSICAL FITNESS or HEALTH. Contrast with PHYSICAL EXERTION which is concerned largely with the physiologic and metabolic response to energy expenditure.
Physical Fitness
A state of well-being in which performance is optimal, often as a result of physical conditioning which may be prescribed for disease therapy.
Fitness Trackers
Devices used for measuring physical activity as an indication of HEALTH STATUS.
Physical Endurance
The time span between the beginning of physical activity by an individual and the termination because of exhaustion.
Physical Therapy Modalities
Therapeutic modalities frequently used in PHYSICAL THERAPY (SPECIALTY) by physical therapists or physiotherapists to promote, maintain, or restore the physical and physiological well-being of an individual.
