Trial reportInternational journal of environmental research and public health2018
Evaluation of a Pilot School-Based Physical Activity Clustered Randomised Controlled Trial-Active Schools: Skelmersdale.
Trial report in International journal of environmental research and 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 NCT06376864 (A Pilot Study Investigating the Effects of a Classroom-based Physical Activity Intervention on Executive Function, Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour in 8-12-year-old Children), which is not on this map. Cited by 20 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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A Pilot Study Investigating the Effects of a Classroom-based Physical Activity Intervention on Executive Function, Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour in 8-12-year-old Children
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- School-Based Homework Interventions for Improving 24-hour Movement Behaviours in Primary School Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Sports medicine - open · 2025Pooled it
- The Overflow Effects of Movement Behaviour Change Interventions for Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2024Pooled it
- Effectiveness of multilevel interventions based on socio-ecological model to decrease sedentary time in children: a systematic review of controlled studies.Frontiers in public health · 2023Pooled it
- The Effectiveness of Fundamental Movement Skill Interventions on Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activity Levels in 5- to 11-Year-Old Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2022Pooled it
- School-based physical activity programs for promoting physical activity and fitness in children and adolescents aged 6 to 18.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Improving implementation of school-based healthy eating and physical activity policies, practices, and programs: a systematic review.Translational behavioral medicine · 2021Pooled it
- A Sex/Gender Perspective on Interventions to Reduce Sedentary Behaviour in Girls and Boys: Results of the genEffects Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Pooled it
- The effectiveness and complexity of interventions targeting sedentary behaviour across the lifespan: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2020Pooled it
- Moderators of School-Based Physical Activity Interventions on Cardiorespiratory Endurance in Primary School-Aged Children: A Meta-Regression.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Pooled it
- Process evaluation of a pilot multi-component physical activity intervention - active schools: Skelmersdale.BMC public health · 2018Trial
- Physical Activity Volume and Intensity for Healthy Body Mass Index and Cardiorespiratory Fitness: Enhancing the Translation of Children's and Adolescents' Accelerometer Physical Activity Reference Values.Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports · 2025Article
- Move Well, Feel Good: Feasibility and acceptability of a school-based motor competence intervention to promote positive mental health.PloS one · 2024Article
- Physical activity interventions in European primary schools: a scoping review to create a framework for the design of tailored interventions in European countries.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Reference values for wrist-worn accelerometer physical activity metrics in England children and adolescents.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2023Article
- The Physical Behaviour Intensity Spectrum and Body Mass Index in School-Aged Youth: A Compositional Analysis of Pooled Individual Participant Data.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Integrated Strength and Fundamental Movement Skill Training in Children: A Pilot Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- School-Based Multicomponent Intervention to Promote Physical Activity and Reduce Sedentary Time of Disadvantaged Children Aged 6-10 Years: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2020Article
- Segmented sedentary time and physical activity patterns throughout the week from wrist-worn ActiGraph GT3X+ accelerometers among children 7-12 years old.Journal of sport and health science · 2020Article
- Enhancing the value of accelerometer-assessed physical activity: meaningful visual comparisons of data-driven translational accelerometer metrics.Sports medicine - open · 2019Article
- Acceptability and Feasibility of Single-Component Primary School Physical Activity Interventions to Inform the AS:Sk Project.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018Article
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Abstract
Schools are key environments in which physical activity (PA) can be promoted. Various strategies and opportunities should be used to engage children in PA within schools. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the multi-component Active Schools: Skelmersdale (AS:Sk) pilot intervention on children's PA and sedentary time (ST). The AS:Sk intervention was implemented for eight weeks in four schools with three control schools continuing normal practice. It consisted of eight components: active breaks, bounce at the bell, 'Born To Move' videos, Daily Mile or 100 Mile Club, playground activity challenge cards, physical education teacher training, newsletters, and activity homework. Child-level measures were collected at baseline and follow-up, including objectively measured PA. After accounting for confounding variables, the intervention had a significant effect on school day ST which was significantly less for the intervention children by 9 min per day compared to the control group. The AS:Sk pilot intervention was effective in reducing school day ST but significant changes in PA were negligible. To increase the efficacy of the current and future school-based interventions, authors should focus on implementation and process evaluations to better understand how schools are implementing intervention components.
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