After-school Game-Based Physical Activity Program Improves Physical Fitness of 9-10-Year-Old Children

NCT ID: NCT06919146

Last Updated: 2025-04-09

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 130 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2020-07-01
• Study Completion Date: 2020-12-07

Brief Summary

This study investigates the effect of an afterschool game-based physical activity program (AGPAP) on children's PF. This study was randomized controlled trial involving 120 children from a state school in Eskisehir/Turkey. The CONSORT checklist was used in this study. The sample of 9-10 years children (n = 120) was divided into groups by randomization. The intervention consisted of AGPAP. For PF, handgrip strength, curl-ups, sit-and-reach, standing long jump, and 10-meter running speed tests were applied.

Conditions

Physical Activity

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: OTHER
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Experimental Group

EG additionally participated in AGPAP (4:00 pm-5:00 pm) twice a week, every Wednesday and Friday, for a total of 60 minutes, for 12 weeks. AGPAP started the week after the pre-tests for EG. The intervention program consisted of 24 traditional street games, including running, hopping, galloping, leaping, jumping, sliding, striking, catching, ball catching, overhand throwing, balance, one-hand throwing, flexibility, coordination, shooting at the target, and hand-arm-leg strength and both outdoor and indoor facilities were utilized based on whether conditions. Each practice phase is 60 minutes long and includes three stages: instruction and warm-up (10 min.), AGPAP practice (45 min.), and cooling-down (5 min.). Two researchers who hold graduate degrees in physical education and sport led AGPAP and recorded children's participation. At the end of the intervention, the same testing procedures and testing materials were used for post-test measurements.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Physical Activity

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

EG participated in AGPAP (4:00 pm-5:00 pm) twice a week, every Wednesday and Friday, for a total of 60 minutes, for 12 weeks. EG and CG did not participate in any additional physical activity programs after-school.

Control

Measurements were applied to the CG

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Physical Activity

EG participated in AGPAP (4:00 pm-5:00 pm) twice a week, every Wednesday and Friday, for a total of 60 minutes, for 12 weeks. EG and CG did not participate in any additional physical activity programs after-school.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

1. being 9-10-year-old,

2. volunteering,

3. permission from the child's parents,

4. not having any amputations or permanent disabilities in their bodies,

5. not having chronic or acute diseases,

6. not using a support device.

Exclusion Criteria

1. any discomfort during measurements,

2. the child does not want to participate in the measurement,

3. the child does not participate in the practices due to any disability or discomfort,

4. not reaching 80% participation in the program.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 9 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 10 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Elvin Onarici Gungor

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Elvin Onarici Gungor

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

ELVİN ONARICI GÜNGÖR, dr

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

ESKISEHIR TECNICAL UNIVERSITY

Locations

Eskisehir Tecnical University

Odunpazari, Eskişehir, Turkey (Türkiye)

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Other Identifiers

Eskisehir Technical University

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

EskisehirTU-SBF-EOG-01

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id