Trial reportBMC public health2018
Health-related physical fitness and physical activity in elementary school students.
Trial report in BMC public health, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03015337 (Relationship of Motor Skill Competency and Physical Fitness to Physical Activity in Elementary School Students), which is not on this map. Cited by 84 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Relationship of Motor Skill Competency and Physical Fitness to Physical Activity in Elementary School Students
Who cites it
84 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 211 citations in OpenAlex.
- A critical systematic review of the impact of sedentarism and physical inactivity on the cognitive performance of children.Systematic reviews · 2026Pooled it
- The influence of a single transcranial direct current stimulation session on physical fitness in healthy subjects: a systematic review.Experimental brain research · 2023Pooled it
- Assessment of physical activity among adolescents: a guide to the literature.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Pooled it
- The Effects of Active Video Games on Health-Related Physical Fitness and Motor Competence in Children and Adolescents with Healthy Weight: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Effects of learning, exercise, and game curriculum model on the physical fitness of preschool children aged 3-6: a cluster-randomized controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- The association between the health-related physical fitness and inhibitory control in preschool children.BMC pediatrics · 2022Trial
- The Effects of Running Compared with Functional High-Intensity Interval Training on Body Composition and Aerobic Fitness in Female University Students.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Trial
- Effects of School-Based Exergaming on Urban Children's Physical Activity and Cardiorespiratory Fitness: A Quasi-Experimental Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Trial
- The Relationship Between Physical Fitness and Physical Literacy: Empirical Evidence Linking Two Physical Activity-Health Concepts.Sports medicine - open · 2026Article
- Sex-based differences in running performance among children aged 7-9 years in new South Wales track competition.JSAMS plus · 2026Article
- Mutual associations between self-efficacy and physical fitness in Spanish adolescents: The EHDLA study.Pediatric investigation · 2026Article
- The ontogeny of sex differences in exercise performance.Journal of the Endocrine Society · 2026Article
- Physical Literacy-Focused Education Improves Fitness Markers in Preadolescents: Implications for School-Based Health Promotion.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Sex Differences in Running Performance Among 8-and-Under and 9-10-Year-Old Children in US Regional Track Championships.Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports · 2026Article
- Effects of a Physical-Literacy-Based Educational Intervention on Physical Activity and Body Composition in Preadolescent Children: A School-Based Controlled Trial.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Associations between physical activity, physical fitness, sedentary behavior, and mathematics achievement in school-aged children: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in cognition · 2026Article
- Does perceived motor competence and health-related physical fitness mediate the relationship between actual motor competence and physical activity in middle and late childhood?Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Trends in 4th-12th grade students' aerobic capacity and muscular strength and endurance: New York City public school students, 2006-2019.Frontiers in public health · 2026Observational
- Acute effects of a single recess physical activity session on sustained attention among junior high school students: a randomized controlled trial based on in-class task performance.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Components of 24-hour movement behavior and self-reported physical fitness in Ibero-American preschoolers, children, and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
24 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundThis study examined associations between students' physical fitness and physical activity (PA), as well as what specific physical fitness components were more significant correlates to being physically active in different settings for boys and girls.
methodsA total of 265 fifth-grade students with an average age of 11 voluntarily participated in this study. The students' physical fitness was assessed using four FitnessGram tests, including Progressive Aerobic Cardiovascular Endurance Run (PACER), curl-up, push-up, and trunk lift tests. The students' daily PA was assessed in various settings using a daily PA log for 7 days. Data was analyzed with descriptive statistics, univariate analyses, and multiple R-squared liner regression methods.
resultsPerformance on the four physical fitness tests was significantly associated with the PA minutes spent in physical education (PE) class and recess for the total sample and for girls, but not for boys. Performance on the four fitness tests was significantly linked to participation in sports/dances outside school and the total weekly PA minutes for the total sample, boys, and girls. Further, boys and girls who were the most physically fit spent significantly more time engaging in sports/dances and had greater total weekly PA than boys and girls who were not physically fit. In addition, the physically fit girls were more physically active in recess than girls who were not physically fit.
conclusionsOverall, students' performance on the four physical fitness tests was significantly associated with them being physically active during PE and in recess and engaging in sports/dances, as well as with their total weekly PA minutes, but not with their participation in non-organized physical play outside school.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT03015337 , registered date: 1/09/2017, as "retrospectively registered".
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