ArticleFrontiers in pediatrics2018
Effects of a School-Based Sports Program on Physical Fitness, Physical Activity, and Cardiometabolic Health in Youth With Physical Disabilities: Data From the Sport-2-Stay-Fit Study.
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- Effects of school-based physical activity interventions on physical fitness and cardiometabolic health in children and adolescents with disabilities: a systematic review.Frontiers in physiology · 2023Pooled it
- Sport-Based Exercise in Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Family matters: the role of parents in adolescent motivation and exercise promotion.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
- Unveiling the relationship of physical literacy with muscular fitness and muscle-strengthening activities in adolescents: the EHDLA study.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2024Article
- Adolescents with Higher Cognitive and Affective Domains of Physical Literacy Possess Better Physical Fitness: The Importance of Developing the Concept of Physical Literacy in High Schools.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo investigate the effects of a school-based once-a-week sports program on physical fitness, physical activity, and cardiometabolic health in children and adolescents with a physical disability.
methodsThis controlled clinical trial included 71 children and adolescents from four schools for special education [mean age 13.7 (2.9) years, range 8-19, 55% boys]. Participants had various chronic health conditions including cerebral palsy (37%), other neuromuscular (44%), metabolic (8%), musculoskeletal (7%), and cardiovascular (4%) disorders. Before recruitment and based on the presence of school-based sports, schools were assigned as sport or control group. School-based sports were initiated and provided by motivated experienced physical educators. The sport group (
resultsA significant improvement of 16% in favor of the sport group was found for anaerobic performance (
conclusionAnaerobic performance and fat mass improved following a school-based sports program. These effects are promising for long-term fitness and health promotion, because sports sessions at school eliminate certain barriers for sports participation and adding a once-a-week sports session showed already positive effects for 6 months. CLINICAL
trial registrationThis trial was registered with the Dutch Trial Registry (NTR4698).
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