ArticlePilot and feasibility studies2019
An active play intervention to improve physical activity and fundamental movement skills in children of low socio-economic status: feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial.
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School-based Active Play Intervention to Facilitate Movement Behaviours and Fundamental Movement Skills in Primary School Children of Bangladesh
Who cites it
22 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effectiveness of school-based interventions on fundamental movement skills in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
- DE-PASS Best Evidence Statement (BESt): A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis on the Effectiveness of Trials on Device-Measured Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour and Their Determinants in Children Aged 5-12 Years.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2025Pooled it
- The effects of active play interventions on children's fundamental movement skills: a systematic review.BMC pediatrics · 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
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- Comparative Effectiveness of Physical Activity Intervention Programs on Motor Skills in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled 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
- It's Not Just What You Do but the Way You Do It: A Systematic Review of Process Evaluation of Interventions to Improve Gross Motor Competence.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2021Pooled it
- Effects of Physical Activity on Children's Motor Skill Development: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.BioMed research international · 2020Pooled it
- Design and Development of 'Building Opportunities for Optimal physical activity Skills Training in children with Down Syndrome (BOOST-DS)' Programme and its Content Validation through Consensus using Modified Delphi method.Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDR · 2026Article
- Prospective acceptability, feasibility and outcomes of a primary school-led outdoor play intervention for young children.BMC public health · 2026Article
- How physical activity affects young adults' subjective wellbeing: the mediation role of subjective socioeconomic status and social support.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Promoting Fundamental Movement Skills and Physical Literacy Among 8-12-Year-Old Children: Feasibility Insights from an 8-Week Pilot Program in Southwestern Ontario.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The Relationship between Physical Activity and Motor Competence of Foundation Phase Children in Wales during the School Day.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- 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
- Effect of Blood Flow Restriction during the Rest Periods of Squats on Accuracy of Estimated Repetitions to Failure.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Systematic review of the characteristics of school-based feasibility cluster randomised trials of interventions for improving the health of pupils in the UK.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2022Review
- Impact of an outdoor loose parts intervention on Nova Scotia preschoolers' fundamental movement skills: a multi-methods randomized controlled trial.AIMS public health · 2022Article
- Feasibility of the Go2Play Active Play intervention for increasing physical and social development in children with intellectual disabilities.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2021Article
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Abstract
introductionActive play is a novel approach to addressing low physical activity levels and fundamental movement skills (FMS) in childhood and new interventions must be developed and evaluated.
aimThis study aimed to determine the feasibility of a 10-week school-based 'active play' intervention, and present preliminary findings on four outcomes: physical activity levels, FMS, inhibition, and maths fluency.
methodsThis was a feasibility cluster RCT in which eight schools (one primary three class per school) were paired and randomly allocated to either the 10-week intervention (
resultsSixty-six percent of eligible children (
conclusionThe active play intervention was feasible and benefitted from a relatively high MVPA content; however, preliminary findings suggest the intervention had a small effect on the outcomes. Having more active play sessions per week and/or extending the duration of the intervention may increase the effects and these should be tested before a future definitive cluster RCT is undertaken.
trial registrationThis trial was registered on the International Standardised Randomised Controlled Trials Number register (ISRCTN) in August 2017 (ISRCTN11607781).
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