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

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Childhood Obesity

In brief

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.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02087774

Run by

Marshall University

People needed

300

Starts

2013-09-01

Expected to finish

2014-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-08-15

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• All students were invited to participate.

You may not qualify if…

• Lack of parental consent

Where it is running

• Marshall University — Huntington, West Virginia, United States

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