Body Composition, Lipid Metabolism, Physical Fitness
Conditions
Brief 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.
Detailed 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.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALPhysical activity program
School intervention program specifically designed to increase health-related physical fitness
Sponsors
Universidad de Granada
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
12 Years to 14 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Adolescents enrolled in the Spanish Educational System, free of any muscle-skeletal problem not allowing take part in Physical Education lessons or fitness testing.
Exclusion criteria
* Clinical diagnosis of diabetes * Pregnancy * Drugs/alcohol abuse * In general, any chronic disease that does not permit the person to perform exercise and physical education lessons.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Health-related physical fitness | 4 months | Cardiorespiratory fitness; musculoskeletal fitness; motor fitness. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cardiovascular disease risk factors | 4 months | Body composition; lipid-metabolic profile; blood pressure; ventilatory parameters. |
Countries
Spain
Outcome results
None listed