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SynthesisSports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)2020

Effects of Exercise Intervention on Health-Related Physical Fitness and Blood Pressure in Preschool Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

Antonio García-Hermoso, Alicia M Alonso-Martinez, Robinson Ramírez-Vélez, Mikel Izquierdo

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Synthesis in Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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Who cites it

36 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 76 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Antonio García-HermosoNavarrabiomed, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra (CHN), Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA), IdiSNA, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain. antonio.garciah@unavarra.es.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1397-7182
Alicia M Alonso-MartinezDepartment of Health Sciences, Public University of Navarra, CIBER of Frailty and Healthy Aging (CIBERFES), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain.
Robinson Ramírez-VélezNavarrabiomed, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra (CHN), Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA), IdiSNA, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain.
Mikel IzquierdoNavarrabiomed, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra (CHN), Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA), IdiSNA, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain.
Universidad Publica de Navarra · ESInstituto de Salud Carlos III · ESUniversidad de Santiago de Chile · CL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundNo previous systematic review has quantitatively examined the effect of physical exercise interventions on health-related physical fitness and blood pressure in children younger than 6 years old.

objectiveTo evaluate the effects of exercise interventions on health-related physical fitness (i.e., physical fitness components and body composition) and blood pressure in preschoolers.

methodsWe searched four databases. Only randomized controlled trials (RCTs), evaluating the effectiveness of exercise intervention on weight-related outcomes, blood pressure, and physical fitness components in preschoolers (1-5.99 years old) were included. The effect sizes were reported as Hedges' g using random-effects models.

resultsA total of 19 RCTs were included. Exercise interventions favored reductions in body mass index (g = - 0.17; 95% confidence interval [CI], - 0.31 to - 0.03), waist circumference (g = - 0.25; 95% CI - 0.47 to - 0.03), and body fat percentage (g = - 0.31; 95% CI - 0.60 to - 0.23); as well as improvement in cardiorespiratory fitness (g = 0.25; 95% CI 0.08-0.42), muscular strength (g = 0.25; 95% CI 0.09-0.40), and speed-agility (g = - 0.51; 95% CI - 0.78 to - 0.24). Blood pressure was not reduced. The subgroup analysis revealed that physical exercise alone favored larger reductions in body mass index and waist circumference compared with physical exercise combined with another intervention. Also, changes in cardiorespiratory fitness, lower-body muscular strength and speed-agility were associated with larger decreases in body composition.

conclusionPhysical exercise whether combined or not with additional intervention has a small effect on both body weight and physical fitness in preschoolers. Also, it seems that interventions to prevent obesity should be directed towards improving physical fitness of preschoolers.

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Blood PressureBody CompositionExercisePhysical FitnessChildChild, PreschoolHumansInfantRandomized Controlled Trials as Topic

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