ArticleBone reports2023
An 11-week school-based "health education through football" programme improves musculoskeletal variables in 10-12-yr-old Danish school children.
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- Interventions implemented through sporting organisations for promoting healthy behaviour or improving health outcomes.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of recreational football on body composition, cardiometabolic health, and functional performance in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of the 11 for Health program on physical performance and executive functions in schoolchildren.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Beyond the game: evaluating a soccer-centered approach to physical activity and health education in children.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Article
- The impact of a school-based physical activity program on children's movement behaviors, aerobic fitness and motor competence: a follow up study.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Article
- Effects of Small-Sided Soccer Games on Physical Fitness and Cardiometabolic Health Biomarkers in Untrained Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- A 10-week implementation of the FIT FIRST FOR ALL school-based physical activity concept effectively improves cardiorespiratory fitness and body composition in 7-16-year-old schoolchildren.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Developing integrative practice on basic soccer skills to stimulate cognitive promotion for children and adolescents.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- A school-based physical activity intervention in primary school: effects on physical activity, sleep, aerobic fitness, and motor competence.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Effects of "Football and Nutrition for Health" program on body composition, physical fitness, eating behaviours, nutritional knowledge, and psychological status among 7 to 10 years school children.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2023Article
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Abstract
Purpose: To investigate the effects of the "11 for Health" programme on musculoskeletal fitness. Methods: A total of 108 Danish children aged 10-12 years participated in the study, with 61 children in the intervention group (IG, 25 girls and 36 boys) and 47 children in the control group (CG, 21 girls and 26 boys). Measurements were conducted before and after an 11-week intervention consisting of twice-weekly 45-min football training sessions for IG or continuation of normal Physical Education program for CG. Whole-body dual X-ray absorptiometry was conducted for evaluation of leg and total bone mineral density as well as bone, muscle and fat mass. Standing Long Jump and Stork balance tests were employed to assess musculoskeletal fitness and postural balance. Results: During the 11-week study period, leg bone mineral density as well as leg lean body mass increased more ( Conclusions: The school-based football programme, 11 for Health, with twice-weekly 45-min training sessions over 11 weeks improves various, but not all evaluated parameters related to musculoskeletal fitness in 10-12-yr-old Danish school children.
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