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SynthesisBMJ (Clinical research ed.)2007

Effectiveness of interventions to promote physical activity in children and adolescents: systematic review of controlled trials.

Esther M F van Sluijs, Alison M McMinn, Simon J Griffin

Registry-linked trialAbstract readSystematic Review
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In one paragraph

Synthesis in BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01373762 (Interactive Videogame Bikes and Their Effect on Exercise Adherence and Health Related Fitness Among Families), which is not on this map. Cited by 402 papers, 36 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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402citing papers in PubMed, 36 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT01373762 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2011, after this paper: background citation

Interactive Videogame Bikes and Their Effect on Exercise Adherence and Health Related Fitness Among Families

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of VictoriaRan2011 to 2014Enrolled74ConditionsPhysical ActivityArmsExercise Videogame Bikes
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

402 citing papers in PubMed, 36 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  2. Interventions on Barriers to the Participation of Adolescents in Physical Activity: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025
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  7. Health effects of children's summer holiday programs: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2024
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  12. Exploring activity compensation amongst youth and adults: a systematic review.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2022
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  15. A Systematic Literature Review of Peer-led Strategies for Promoting Physical Activity Levels of Adolescents.Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education · 2022
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342 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Esther M F van SluijsMedical Research Council Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Sciences, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge CB2 0QQ. esther.vansluijs@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk
Alison M McMinn
Simon J Griffin

Funding

Department of Health RP-PG-0606-1259Medical Research Council MC_U106179474
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo review the published literature on the effectiveness of interventions to promote physical activity in children and adolescents.

designSystematic review. DATA SOURCES: Literature search using PubMed, SCOPUS, Psychlit, Ovid Medline, Sportdiscus, and Embase up to December 2006. Review methods Two independent reviewers assessed studies against the following inclusion criteria: controlled trial, comparison of intervention to promote physical activity with no intervention control condition, participants younger than 18 years, and reported statistical analyses of a physical activity outcome measure. Levels of evidence, accounting for methodological quality, were assessed for three types of intervention, five settings, and three target populations.

resultsThe literature search identified 57 studies: 33 aimed at children and 24 at adolescents. Twenty four studies were of high methodological quality, including 13 studies in children. Interventions that were found to be effective achieved increases ranging from an additional 2.6 minutes of physical education related physical activity to 283 minutes per week of overall physical activity. Among children, limited evidence for an effect was found for interventions targeting children from low socioeconomic populations, and environmental interventions. Strong evidence was found that school based interventions with involvement of the family or community and multicomponent interventions can increase physical activity in adolescents.

conclusionSome evidence was found for potentially effective strategies to increase children's levels of physical activity. For adolescents, multicomponent interventions and interventions that included both school and family or community involvement have the potential to make important differences to levels of physical activity and should be promoted. A lack of high quality evaluations hampers conclusions concerning effectiveness, especially among children.

Indexed as

ExerciseAdolescentChildClinical Trials as TopicHealth PromotionHumansProgram EvaluationSchool Health Services

Identifiers

PMID17884863
PMCPMC2001088

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