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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
70 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2007-01-31
2007-09-30
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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The participants were randomly allocated to control group (CG), experimental group 1 (EG1) and experimental group 2 (EG2). The CG received 2 physical education sessions/week, the EG1 received 4 physical education sessions/week (volume increased) and the EG2 received 4 physical education sessions/week of high intensity (volume+intensity increased). Several health-related parameters were assessed before and after a 16-weeks intervention: physical fitness (primary outcome), body composition (secondary), and lipid-metabolic profile, ventilatory parameters, blood pressure, and cognitive and academic performance (tertiary outcomes).
The hypothesis of the EDUFIT project was that to double the number of physical education classes will improve physical fitness in adolescents. The confirmation of the hypothesis could have important public health implications.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
PREVENTION
NONE
Study Groups
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Normal PE
2 Physical Education sessions / week
No interventions assigned to this group
PE Volume
4 Physical Education sessions/week (increased volume)
Physical activity program
School intervention program specifically designed to increase health-related physical fitness
PE Volume + Intensity
4 Physical Education sessions/week of high intensity (increased volume and intensity)
Physical activity program
School intervention program specifically designed to increase health-related physical fitness
Interventions
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Physical activity program
School intervention program specifically designed to increase health-related physical fitness
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria
* Pregnancy
* Drugs/alcohol abuse
* In general, any chronic disease that does not permit the person to perform exercise and physical education lessons.
12 Years
14 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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Universidad de Granada
OTHER
Responsible Party
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University of Granada, Department of Physiology
Principal Investigators
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Francisco B Ortega Porcel, PhD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
University of Granada (Spain)
Locations
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University of Granada
Granada, Granada, Spain
IES Alcántara (Consejería de Educación, Formación y Empleo de la Región de Murcia)
Alcantarilla, Murcia, Spain
Countries
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References
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Ortega FB, Ruiz JR, Castillo MJ, Moreno LA, Gonzalez-Gross M, Warnberg J, Gutierrez A; Grupo AVENA. [Low level of physical fitness in Spanish adolescents. Relevance for future cardiovascular health (AVENA study)]. Rev Esp Cardiol. 2005 Aug;58(8):898-909. Spanish.
Ortega FB, Ruiz JR, Hurtig-Wennlof A, Sjostrom M. [Physically active adolescents are more likely to have a healthier cardiovascular fitness level independently of their adiposity status. The European youth heart study]. Rev Esp Cardiol. 2008 Feb;61(2):123-9. Spanish.
Ortega FB, Ruiz JR, Castillo MJ, Sjostrom M. Physical fitness in childhood and adolescence: a powerful marker of health. Int J Obes (Lond). 2008 Jan;32(1):1-11. doi: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0803774. Epub 2007 Dec 4.
Ruiz JR, Castro-Pinero J, Artero EG, Ortega FB, Sjostrom M, Suni J, Castillo MJ. Predictive validity of health-related fitness in youth: a systematic review. Br J Sports Med. 2009 Dec;43(12):909-23. doi: 10.1136/bjsm.2008.056499. Epub 2009 Jan 21.
Ortega FB, Artero EG, Ruiz JR, Vicente-Rodriguez G, Bergman P, Hagstromer M, Ottevaere C, Nagy E, Konsta O, Rey-Lopez JP, Polito A, Dietrich S, Plada M, Beghin L, Manios Y, Sjostrom M, Castillo MJ; HELENA Study Group. Reliability of health-related physical fitness tests in European adolescents. The HELENA Study. Int J Obes (Lond). 2008 Nov;32 Suppl 5:S49-57. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2008.183.
Ortega FB, Artero EG, Ruiz JR, Espana-Romero V, Jimenez-Pavon D, Vicente-Rodriguez G, Moreno LA, Manios Y, Beghin L, Ottevaere C, Ciarapica D, Sarri K, Dietrich S, Blair SN, Kersting M, Molnar D, Gonzalez-Gross M, Gutierrez A, Sjostrom M, Castillo MJ; HELENA study. Physical fitness levels among European adolescents: the HELENA study. Br J Sports Med. 2011 Jan;45(1):20-9. doi: 10.1136/bjsm.2009.062679. Epub 2009 Aug 20.
Ardoy DN, Fernandez-Rodriguez JM, Chillon P, Artero EG, Espana-Romero V, Jimenez-Pavon D, Ruiz JR, Guirado-Escamez C, Castillo MJ, Ortega FB. [Physical fitness enhancement through education, EDUFIT study: background, design, methodology and dropout analysis]. Rev Esp Salud Publica. 2010 Mar-Apr;84(2):151-68. doi: 10.1590/s1135-57272010000200004. Spanish.
Related Links
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Official website of the HELENA Study, an European-funded project in which this research group is actively involved
Official website of the EFFECTS-262 Research Group (University of Granada, Spain)
Other Identifiers
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EDUFIT
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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