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Brief Physical Activity Program to Increase Physical Fitness in Elementary School Children

NCT02087774 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 300

Last updated 2014-08-15

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Summary

The investigators hypothesized that the addition of 6 minutes of exercise during the school day would increase physical fitness in elementary school students as demonstrated by longer distances run in 2 minutes and a decrease in heart rate at the end of the exercise.

Conditions

  • Childhood Obesity

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

6 minutes activity

Group added 6 minutes of physical activity daily during school day.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Marshall University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Rebecca H Hayes, M.D. · Marshall University

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-09-30
Primary Completion
2014-03-31
Completion
2014-03-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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