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Promoting health-related cardiorespiratory fitness in physical education: A systematic review.
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Reviewing the association between motor competence and physical activity from a behavioral genetic perspective.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Pooled it
- The effects of fitness self-testing with instant feedback on changes in health-related fitness among Chinese male college students.PloS one · 2026Article
- Outline: The Long-Term Impact of Exercise on Adolescent Growth and Development.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2026Review
- Cross-sectional association of fitness, fatness, and dyslipidemia with metabolic syndrome in youth.World journal of clinical pediatrics · 2025Article
- Patterns of physical activity and sedentary behavior among Brazilian schoolchildren: analysis based on types of behavior.BMC pediatrics · 2025Article
- Impact of New York City's 4-year multi-component natural experiment to improve elementary school physical education on student cardiorespiratory fitness.BMC public health · 2024Article
- The Mediating Role of Cardiorespiratory Fitness in the Association between a Negative Lifestyle and Poor Mental Health in Chilean Schoolchildren.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Impact of a multi-level, multi-component intervention to improve elementary school physical education on student cardiorespiratory fitness: an application of the parametric g-formula.Research square · 2024Article
- Effects of a physical education intervention on children's physical activity and fitness: the PROFIT pilot study.BMC pediatrics · 2024Article
- Primary school children's health and its association with physical fitness development and health-related factors.AIMS public health · 2024Article
- Cross-country adaptation and feasibility of an evidence-based resistance training intervention in the school setting.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2024Article
- Attendance in physical education classes, sedentary behavior, and different forms of physical activity among schoolchildren: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2022Article
- The Attitude of Portuguese Physical Education Teachers toward Physical Fitness.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Identifying Cardiovascular Risk Profiles Clusters among Mediterranean Adolescents across Seven Countries.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Participation in Physical Education Classes and Health-Related Behaviours among Adolescents from 67 Countries.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Evaluation Method of Physical Education Teaching and Training Quality Based on Deep Learning.Computational intelligence and neuroscience · 2022Article
- U.S. Children and Youth's Physical Activities Inside and Outside of School PE: 1985 vs. 2012.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- The Physical Fitness Level of College Students Before and After Web-Based Physical Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2021Article
- Physical Fitness and Motor Competence in Upper Austrian Elementary School Children-Study Protocol and Preliminary Findings of a State-Wide Fitness Testing Program.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2021Article
- Promoting Health-Related Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Physical Education: The Role of Class Intensity and Habitual Physical Activity.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Observational
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Abstract
backgroundThis article aimed to systematically review the contribution of physical education (PE) classes to improve cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) in children and adolescents; and to define potentially relevant factors for promoting CRF in PE classes.
methodsStudies were identified from searches in ERIC, PubMed, SPORTDiscus, and Web of Science databases. Primary source articles, relating PE classes and CRF, published up to July 2019 in peer-reviewed journals were eligible for inclusion. Specific inclusion criteria were: (a) having cross-sectional or longitudinal and observational or interventional study designs; (b) targeting school-aged children or adolescents; (c) measuring CRF, heart rate or CRF test results as an outcome; (d) having statistical analyses of the CRF, heart rate or CRF test results outcomes reported; (e) focusing on PE classes or PE interventions that did not extended time or frequency of the classes; and (f) published in English, French, Portuguese, or Spanish.
resultsA total of 24 studies met the inclusion criteria. Overall, 10 studies have found a neutral effect of PE classes in students' CRF, eight studies found that PE indeed contributed to the improvement of CRF and six studies revealed mixed findings, when PE classes where controlled for others variables (e.g. body mass index, intensity). Higher intensity PE classes consistently demonstrated contributions to improving students' CRF.
conclusionReview findings suggest that PE classes can contribute to the improvement of students' CRF. Intensity, age and weight status were identified as potentially relevant factors for promoting CRF in PE classes. To improve CRF, higher intensity classes should be provided.
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